Innovation strategies and organisational performance: The moderating role of company size among small- and medium-sized companies

Purpose: Not all innovative ideas or approaches commonly implemented by larger companies apply to smaller firms in all regions. Innovation that does not imply company achievements might exhaust their limited resources and cause the market to be uncompetitive. This paper aims to answer two research questions: (1) Do innovation strategies, such as process, marketing and social innovation, affect the performance of small- and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs)? (2) Does company size moderate the relationship between social and marketing innovations with SMEs' performance? Design/methodology/approach; This paper proposed three innovation strategies (i.e. social, marketing and process innovations) influencing Malaysian SMEs' performance. There were 123 valid respondents from SMEs, and the data were analysed using a structural equation modelling partial least square (SEM-PLS) technique. Findings; The research findings advocate that process innovation directly impacts SMEs' performance, not marketing innovation. Interestingly, the influence of social innovation on organisation performance is only significant when the company size becomes more prominent. Companies can provide consistent and continuous social enhancement that arouses public trust and reputation with more resources and capabilities. Also, smaller companies might concentrate their scarce resources on process innovation with instant beneficial potential instead of a sophisticated marketing strategy. Originality/value; There is limited empirical research examining how different innovation strategies, especially social innovation, affect SMEs' performance in developing countries. Furthermore, the second-generation analysis (PLS-SEM) technique provides more systematic and comprehensive results

A Reflection of Local Supplier Development Towards Sustainable Social Supply Chain

In today's business environment, supplier management is increasingly inclined to complexity and uncertainty due to rapid technological changes and globalization. The objective of this study is to review the necessary important of local supplier development towards sustainable social supply chain. Supplier management must be handled systematically, and maintaining a good relationship between manufacturer and supplier is vital. Therefore, it is critical for the supplier in making a well-informed decision. As an alternative, firms should consider developing a local supplier in making sure the availability of Fast and reliable supplies to meet global requirement. The criticality is due to supplier selection contributes to overall supply chain performance. This study concludes that developing a local supplier will reduce the increased pressure to develop a direct economic relationship with local communities

Why Does Theory of Inventive Problem Solving Matter in Malaysian Food and Beverage Industry?

Nowadays, the competition in the food and beverage industry has developed from a single food competition to comprehensive competition in all aspects: from the pursuit of high-quality products to the expansion of market share, to the promotion of the brand effect and to the new shape of pursuing the entire enterprise. Consumers' demands keep changing with time. These changes are different from demands that occur for classy foods requiring typical features such as nutrition value, the lusciousness of taste, and accessibility, to basic aspects such as improved food safety, food life span, durability, and waste food proper management. Thus, the objective of this research work is to review the TRIZ-theory of inventive problem-solving the matter in Malaysian food and beverage industry. The new product development in Malaysian food and beverage industry needs to accommodate the market demand. This study revealed that the actual product development process could be analyzed by assessing the interactions between consumer demands and expectations, the producer's technical capacity of the food, and emerging knowledge from scientific researches about food. This has been attributed to the problem of the low quality of input terms of the food industries and productivity growth of Malaysian manufacturing industries, which is input-driven rather than total factor productivity-driven

Manufacturing Outsourcing to Achieve Organizational Performance Through Manufacturing Integrity Capabilities

Manufacturing companies outsource their manufacturing process to achieve organizational performance. Companies can focus on improving their core business processes while leaving manufacturing process to companies that are more efficient and cost-effective. However, this leaves manufacturing companies with a dilemma as those outsourcing companies are also producing for competitors and companies' brand is liable to the integrity of outsourcing companies. By having integrity capabilities, it is argued that companies can achieve organizational performance. This paper investigates the relationship between manufacturing outsourcing and organizational performance with the mediating effect of manufacturing integrity capabilities. This paper contributes to the body of literature by investigating the impact of manufacturing integrity capabilities with resource-based view and transaction cost economics theories. Furthermore, this paper also is practically useful for companies to understand integrity capabilities that are useful to increase organizational performance in the era of the dynamic business environment

Supplier Sustainable Integrity Using A Split-half Method: Empirical Evidence From Malaysia

The objective of this study is twofold accordingly. First, it aims to explore the measurement items of sustainable supplier integrity drivers. Second, it purports to investigate the relationship between drivers and supplier sustainable integrity. Furthermore, this study collected data from manufacturing firms in Malaysia. The targeted respondents were procurement managers and other decision-makers in the manufacturing companies. This study examined using a split-half method. First half data set was examined using exploratory factor analysis (EFA). The supplier assessment, supplier collaboration, and supplier codes of conduct were identified as drivers of sustainable supplier integrity. The other half of the data set used to develop a theoretical model. It was then established to test the model assessment and hypothesis testing. Thus, this study may shed light on finding answers on the importance of supplier codes of conduct. This is as the strongest driver in the theoretical model of the study. The possible reason behind this is because the manufacturing firms should inform supply chain network on essential of supplier codes of conduct to avoid corporate fraud and leverage business sustainability

The Influence of Internal Control, Leadership Style, and Teamwork to Information System Project Success

The purpose of this research is to investigate the influence of internal control, leadership style, and teamwork on the success of the information technology projects. The method of data collection is done by studying literature, questionnaires, interviews, and direct field observations. The research methodology used is quantitative method with the primary and secondary data source. Questionnaires were distributed to the project team, and 110 responses of employees at AIT Co. were received. Data were analyzed using IBM SPSS. Findings showed that internal control and teamwork have a significant influence on the success of the information technology projects, but leadership style not significant. It was found that internal control, leadership style, and teamwork simultaneously have a significant and positive influence on the information technology projects success by 80%. The implication of this study is to increase successful project rate, the role of internal control is important to monitor from the earliest stage until project finished, and company needs to arrange program such as watch together, eat together or outing program. For future research is to expand the scope of the study, such as increasing the number of companies involved, with variations in other variables and can add control and moderating variables

Malware Mobile Devices in Indonesia

The number of mobile devices and information technology supporting applications is currently very diverse. Ranging from expensive to cheap, even new and used. On the other hand, the increase in connections needed every year always increases along with its development. Both of these are always accompanied by increasing crime in cyberspace so that the level of risk and threats that arise will also always spread threats from time to time. Many people do not understand what cyber risk is, its impact and how minimal handling is needed to overcome the above. This research was conducted to provide an overview of cybersecurity information to anyone about the amount of malware on existing and scattered devices and the user behavior itself. It starts with scanning network traffic, type of malware, then the patterns and its characteristics. On the other hand, this also provides input on how to make minimal handling as a way to control cybersecurity. The aim of the work is to focus on establishing the basic behavior of a user on mobile malware for user profiling analysis.   Keywords: malware, cybersecurity, user behavior, control

Early versus delayed percutaneous coronary intervention in patients with non-ST elevation acute coronary syndromes

Background: The optimal timing of angiography and percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) in patients with non-ST elevation acute coronary syndromes (NSTEACS) remains uncertain. We sought to assess clinical characteristics and outcomes of patients in real-world contemporary practice who have early versus delayed PCI for NSTEACS. Methods: We analyzed baseline clinical and procedural characteristics of 4307 patients with NSTEACS who underwent PCI from the Melbourne Interventional Group registry. Patients were assigned to the early PCI group if intervention was performed within a calendar day of presentation. The delayed PCI group received an intervention after one calendar day, but within the index admission. We assessed 30 days and 12-month mortality, myocardial infarction, target vessel revascularization, and major adverse cardiovascular events. The safety endpoint was in-hospital bleeding. Results: Of the 4307 patients, 2210 (51%) received early PCI. The delayed PCI group were older (67+/-12 vs. 64+/-12, P<0.01), more likely to have biomarker elevation (70 vs. 66%, P<0.01), and had more comorbidities. There was no difference in efficacy at 30 days between the groups. At 12 months, delayed PCI was associated with higher mortality (4.6 vs. 3.3%, P=0.02), myocardial infarction (7.9 vs. 5.2%, P<0.01), and MACE (15.5 vs. 12.4%, P<0.01). On multivariate analysis, delayed PCI was not associated with increased mortality at 12 months (odds ratio 0.95, 95% confidence interval 0.7-1.3). Conclusion: In patients with stable NSTEACS treated with PCI, delayed intervention was performed in those who were older and had higher risk features. However, there appears to be no mortality hazard for these high-risk patients where PCI is delayed beyond the first 24 h after presentation and performed within the index admission

Clopidogrel, Prasugrel or Ticagrelor in Patients with Acute Coronary Syndromes undergoing Percutaneous Coronary Intervention.

Background: Guidelines recommend prasugrel or ticagrelor instead of clopidogrel in patients with acute coronary syndromes (ACS) undergoing percutaneous coronary interventions (PCI). Aim: We sought to describe the trends in uptake of the newer agents and analyse the clinical characteristics and short-term outcomes of patients treated with clopidogrel, prasugrel or ticagrelor. Methods: We analysed the temporal trends of antiplatelet use since the availability of prasugrel (2009–2013) in patients with ACS from the Melbourne Interventional Group registry. To assess clinical characteristics and outcomes, we included 1850 patients from 2012 to 2013, corresponding to the time all three agents were available. The primary outcome was major adverse cardiovascular events (MACE). The safety end-point was in-hospital bleeding. Results: For the period of 2009–2013, the majority of patients were treated with clopidogrel (72%) compared with prasugrel (14%) or ticagrelor (14%). There was a clear trend towards ticagrelor by the end of 2013. Patients treated with clopidogrel were more likely to present with non-ST-elevation ACS, be older, and have more comorbidities. There was no difference in unadjusted 30-day mortality (0.9 vs 0.5 vs 1.0%, P = 0.76), myocardial infarction (2 vs 1 vs 2%, P = 0.52) or MACE (3 vs 3 vs 4%, P = 0.57) between the three agents. There was no difference in in-hospital bleeding (3 vs 2 vs 2%, P = 0.64). Conclusion Prasugrel and ticagrelor are increasingly used in ACS patients treated with PCI, predominantly in a younger cohort with less comorbidity. Although antiplatelet therapy should still be individualised based on the thrombotic and bleeding risk, our study highlights the safety of the new P2Y12 inhibitors in contemporary Australian practice

Evolution of Australian Percutaneous Coronary Intervention (from the Melbourne Interventional Group [MIG] Registry)

Percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) continues to evolve with shifting patient demographics, treatments, and outcomes. We sought to document the specific changes observed over a 9-year period in a contemporary Australian PCI cohort. The Melbourne Interventional Group is an established multicenter PCI registry in Melbourne, Australia. Data were collected prospectively with 30-day and 12-month follow-ups. Demographic, procedural, and outcome data for all consecutive patients were analyzed with a year-to-year comparison from 2005 to 2013. National Death Index linkage was performed for long-term mortality analysis; 19,858 procedures were captured over 9 years. Patient complexity and acuity increased with a higher proportion of traditional risk factors and more elderly patients who underwent PCI. Angiographic lesion complexity increased with more multivessel coronary artery disease and more American College of Cardiology/American Heart Association type B2/C lesions proceeding to PCI. The 30-day rate of death, myocardial infarction, or target vessel revascularization has not changed nor has 12-month mortality, myocardial infarction, or major adverse cardiovascular event rates. The strongest independent predictor of long-term mortality was cardiogenic shock at presentation (hazard ratio [HR] 2.95, p &lt;0.01). Drug-eluting stent use (HR 0.83, p &lt;0.01) and a history of dyslipidemia (HR 0.81, p &lt;0.01) were associated with long-term survival. In conclusion, from 2005 to 2013, we observed a cohort of higher risk clinical and angiographic characteristics, with stable long-term mortality