This study aims to explore the separate and combined effects of knowledge management capabilities, environmental dynamism and learning capability on innovation performance. To achieve this aim, a survey was carried out on a sample of 221 firms and a couple of hypotheses were tested. The findings showed that higher levels of environmental dynamism and learning capability made the positive linkage between knowledge management capabilities and innovation performance stronger. Based on the findings, it was suggested that whilst environmental dynamism may compel firms to assimilate and use new information better, create more new product configurations and move readily to new markets through their knowledge management capabilities, learning capability improves the understanding of organizational knowledge and helps the firm embed this knowledge into organizational processes. In this sense, environmental dynamism and learning capability moderate the relationship between knowledge management capabilities and innovation performance.
Each of industry forces, competitive and functional strategies and organizational performance has been subject to so many studies presented in literature. However, there is a lack of combination of all and consensus on the role of each in restaurant businesses. Thus, this study examines the relationships among industry forces, competitive and functional strategies and organizational performance within the context of "well-known branded" restaurants in Turkish hospitality industry. The study employs a questionnaire that evaluates the attitudes of restaurants of those themes in Istanbul, Turkey without any sampling procedure. Results indicate that competitive strategy of cost leadership is significantly related to bargaining power of suppliers. Functional strategy regarding the brand image relates significantly to the competitive strategy of differentiation. Organizational performance is in a significant relation with functional strategies of human resources and information technologies.
ÖZET: Bu çalışmanın amacı, Türkiye'deki ihracatçı işletmelerin uluslararası girişimciliği ile ihracat pazar performansları arasındaki ilişkiyi incelemektir. Bu amaçla, araştırma "işletmelerin girişimcilik özellikleri ile ihracat pazarlarındaki başarıları ilişkili midir?" ve "uluslararasılaşma düzeyi ihracat pazar performansını farklılaştıran bir unsur mudur?" sorularına cevap aranmaktadır. Uluslararası girişimcilik kavramının kaynak temelli yaklaşım çerçevesinde ele alındığı araştırmanın, gözlemlenen işletmelerin Türkiye'deki herhangi bir coğrafi bölge veya sektöre bağımlı olmaması dolayısıyla, tasarım açısından özgün değer taşıdığı düşünülmektedir. Araştırma bulgularına göre yurtdışı pazarlara dönük girişimciliğe dair yönelim ve davranışların, ihracat performansına olumlu etkisi olduğu ve uluslararasılaşma düzeyi yüksek işletmeler ile diğerleri arasında ihracat pazar performansı açısından anlamlı farklılık bulunduğu ortaya çıkmaktadır.
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