The resource-based view has been proposed to investigate the impact of information technology (IT) investments on firm performance. Researchers have shown that a firm's ability to effectively leverage its IT investments by deveioping a strong IT capability can result in improved V.Sambamurthy was the accepting senior editor for this paper. firm performance. We test the robustness of this approa...

Production planning is performed through diverse methods according to the type of the system it is structured upon. One of the most important steps before production planning is to determine which system best fits the firm, and how the facilities should be designed. Both job-shop and group-technology systems have their own pros and cons, each of which is suitable to a specific kind of factory. ...

Production planning is performed through diverse methods according to the type of the system it is structured upon. One of the most important steps before production planning is to determine which system best fits the firm, and how the facilities should be designed. Both job-shop and group-technology systems have their own cons and pros, each of which is suitable to a specific kind of factory. ...

The relationship between knowledge management (KM) and firm performance has been the subject of some discussion in information systems literature. However, direct links from KM to firm performance have been hard to find. This lack of linkage between KM and firm performance resulted in some further research into the intermediate organizational variables through which KM could influence firm perf...

The paper investigates the relationship between human capital characteristics and firm performance in engineering consulting. Because general experience, firm-specific human capital and diversity carry specific costs and benefits we hypothesize curvilinear (taking inverted U-shapes) relations to firm performance. We find little effect of general experience and firm-specific human capital, but t...

This paper aims at regarding knowledge transfer as the basis of improving firm performance in knowledge economy society, and analyzing the effects of knowledge transfer on firm performance from the perspective of dynamic capability. Thus, this paper gives firm some suggestions to achieve knowledge transfer and the update of knowledge system through integrating internal and external resources, a...

This paper aims to study a potential interrelationship between board characteristics, firm technological innovation, and performance in the manufacturing sector. The is conceptual paper. It offers brief review of literature regarding on these four variables. intends employ quantitative research approach determining determinants performance. Several methods including online offline material from...

This study explores the under-researched relationship between corporate governance and firm performance in tourism companies. We employ instrumental variable modelling using 2SLS for publicly listed firms in five countries in the Middle East. Board independence is found to be positively related to firm performance and stock performance, suggesting that having independent directors among board m...