Business Administration and Business Economics

Kyunga Na · Young-Hee Kang ·Journal of Open Innovation: Technology Market and Complexity ·2019

This study aims to investigate the effects of product and process innovations on manufacturing firm performance in Southeast Asian emerging markets. To this end, using a cross-national sample of 2324 manufacturing firms from the World Bank Enterprise Survey (WBES) dataset of 2015, we test the effects of product and process innovations on the sales growth of manufacturing firms in Vietnam, Malaysia, and Indonesia. This study finds that product innovation is positively related to sales growth while new operating technologies are negatively associated with sales growth. For high-tech firms, product innovation is positively related to sales growth. The findings imply that in Southeast Asian emerging markets, governments and manufacturing firms can enhance performance by investing in product innovation.

Sitraselvi Chandren · Ayoib Che Ahmad · Zaimah Abdullah ·International Journal of Supply Chain Management ·2018

The purpose of this conceptual paper is to address the link between corporate governance and operating performance during and after GST implementation. With the support of agency theory, this paper develops five propositions for the relationship between corporate governance and operating performance (sales growth and current ratio) during and after GST implementation. The nature of their relationship shall contribute to all stakeholders on the impact of corporate governance to operating performance. This displays on the governance effectiveness in discharging their roles to strengthen operating performance particularly during a new financial or tax policy implementation that requires necessary changes in business processes. It uncovers the transparency of Malaysian corporate governance commitment and acceptance to GST for firm and country sustainable development. In sum, for business friendly GST requires effective governance to support the firm operating system.