The Relationship Between Distinctive Capabilities And The Performance Of Small And Medium-Size Enterprises (SMES) In Malaysia

Man, Mandy Mok Kim; Wafa, Syed Azizi Wafa Syed Khalid

doi:10.19030/iber.v7i6.3264

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“…The R2 (coefficient of determination) of distinctive capabilities indicated 40.8% of the level of competitive advantage rattan furniture industry Cirebon. These findings appear consistent with the study conduct by Man and Wafa indicated has a significant correlation between distinctive capabilities and performance of SMEs or competitive advantage [15]. According Jackson, with distinctive capabilities the organization more friendliness than others for employees, supplier, and also the competitors [6].…”

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confidence: 88%

“…But have the different indicator to measure distinctive capabilities. Several previous studies revealed that is a significant correlation between distinctive capabilities and performance of SMEs or competitive advantage, and indicators of distinctive capabilities based on Hitt and Ireland grouped according to seven functional areas [14] (1) general administration, (2) production/operation, (3) engineering, research, and development, (4) marketing, (5) finance, (6) personal, (7) public and governmental relatins [15]. The result indicates all performance SMEs indicators could be explained by the distinctive capabilities and average equity performance got the highest correlation by 64.4%.…”

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Distinctive Capabilities: Can it be a source of competitive advantage?

Ciptagustia¹,

Kusnendi²

2019

Proceedings of the 1st International Conference on Economics, Business, Entrepreneurship, and Finance (ICEBEF 2018)

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The aim of this research was to explore the effect of distinctive capabilities to competitive advantage rattan furniture industry. The samples of this verificative research are 70 companies member of ASMINDO Cirebon, East Java, Indonesia. In this research we use stratified proportional random sampling and simple linear regression to analyze. The level of competitive advantage of rattan furniture industry Cirebon is positively influenced by the distinctive capabilities.

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Distinctive Capabilities: Can it be a source of competitive advantage?

Ciptagustia¹,

Kusnendi²

2019

Proceedings of the 1st International Conference on Economics, Business, Entrepreneurship, and Finance (ICEBEF 2018)

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“…The question items were developed after a thorough review of literature related on intellectual capital and performance such as Atieno (2009), Man and Wafa (2008), Boudreau and Ramstad, (1997), Marr and Neely (2001). In this study the scales for business strategies (Croteau ve Bergeron, 2001) were used.…”

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The Impacts of Intellectual Capital, Innovation and Organizational Strategy on Firm Performance

Kalkan

Bozkurt

Arman

2014

Procedia - Social and Behavioral Sciences

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The concept of intellectual capital was popularized by Tom Stewart in 1991 when Fortune Magazine published his article "Brainpower: How intellectual capital is becoming Americas' most valuable asset". It can be described as the difference between a firm's market value and the cost of replacing its assets. Today innovation is considered as a necessity for every company due to the terminating competition in market, globalization and rapid development of technology. Innovation is defined as "implementing new ideas that create value". Strategy is the outcome of decisions made to guide an organization with respect to environment, structure and processes that influence its firm performance. The organizational literature that improved business performance requires an organizational structure, information systems and management style that are related to a specific-firm strategy. Firm performance can be measured in a variety of ways, including financial performance, product performance and market performance. The purpose of this study is to research the relationships between intellectual capital, innovation, organizational strategy and firm performance.The main contribution of this study is to investigate the effects of intellectual capital, innovation and organizational strategy on performance of firms operating in Antalya, Turkey.

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“…Hence family support is a key factor in managing their business successfully. Financial capability is the ability to manage the finances and use financial services in th most appropriate manner to meet the needs and the prevalent social and economic situations (Man, & Wafa, 2008). Many factors affect the financial capabilities.…”

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Domestic Commitment, Financial Capability and Network Affiliation Affecting on Business Performance of Women Entrepreneurs in Gampaha District, Sri Lanka

Ranasinghe¹

2021

IJSRP

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Purpose-This empirical research proposes to find out the impact of individual factors on the business performance of women entrepreneurs with special reference to Gampaha district, Sri Lanka. Design/ Methodology/ Approach-A theoretical framework developed by the author is proposed based on how three main independent variables of domestic commitment, financial capabilities and network affiliation influence the business performance of women entrepreneurs. The structured questionnaires, developed by the author were distributed among 185 of women entrepreneurs in Small Enterprises Development Centre in the Gampaha district. The collected data were analyzed using Pearson correlation analysis and multiple linear regression analysis. Findings-Results revealed that the independent variables of financial capabilities, domestic commitment and network affiliation have a positive significant impact on the dependent variable which is business performance. The results further showed that financial capability has the highest impact on business performance of women entrepreneurs in Gampaha district, Sri Lanka.Research Implications-The study has several limiting factors. The scope of the study had to be restricted to women entrepreneurs in Gampaha district, who were selected through simple random sampling method. Practical Implications-The findings recommend to promote entrepreneurial culture in Sri Lanka, improve the accessibility to finance, improve mentorship, advisory and business supportive services in order to enhance the business performance. Originality/ Value-The study suggests that the theories adopted from western developed countries in relation to women entrepreneurship should be cautiously tested and examined before adopting to developing Asian country like Sri Lanka. .

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The Relationship Between Distinctive Capabilities And The Performance Of Small And Medium-Size Enterprises (SMES) In Malaysia

Cited by 4 publications

References 32 publications

Distinctive Capabilities: Can it be a source of competitive advantage?

Distinctive Capabilities: Can it be a source of competitive advantage?

The Impacts of Intellectual Capital, Innovation and Organizational Strategy on Firm Performance

Domestic Commitment, Financial Capability and Network Affiliation Affecting on Business Performance of Women Entrepreneurs in Gampaha District, Sri Lanka

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