The Relation between Supply Chain Analytics Management Capability and Firm Performance

The global academic and practitioner industries have shown significant interest in the effect and importance of big data analytics and new technologies on supply chains. Based on the organizational information processing theory, this study attempts to investigate how big data driven supply chain analytics management capability influence firm performance. We tested our research hypotheses using variance based structural equation modelling with survey data collected using a web based pre-tested instrument from 201 respondents employed various industries in Turkey. The findings indicate that supply chain analytics Management capability has positive effect on firm performance

Organizational Change Capacity: A Scale Development

This study investigates the past literature on the organizational change capacity and then suggests new scales to assess the change capacity based on the past conceptual studies. Based on the 404 surveys from 202 firms, this study shows that organizational capacity consists of context, process and learning dimensions and each dimension covers different aspect of change capacity

The Effects of Organizational Support in Team Working on Creativity and Personal Initiative of Employees

Organizational support is one of the important dimensions of team working concept. The culture that will encourage employees to take the initiative and be creative requires top management support. The research question of this study is how organizational support exerts influence on take the initiative by team members and creativity of the employees. Therefore, this study aims to shed light on the relationship among organizational support, creativity and personal initiative. As a result of test of the hypotheses, positive and significant relationships between Organizational Support and Creativity and between Organizational Support and Personal Initiative have been supported. Managerial implications of these results are that if the employees feel the support of the management, they will be willing to take the initiative and they will unleash their creative potentials

Innovation Capability As Key to Competitive Advantage: Relation of Product Innovation Capability, Process Innovation Capability, and Firm Performance

 In the technological products and services market, which operates under rapidly changing market conditions and where competition is intense, firms need to offer well-developed innovative products and services to the market in order to maintain their existence in the long term. However, firms need to have a range of internal capabilities to produce these innovative products and services. The key for firms to keep up with the intense competitive environment and to achieve the firm performance, which is the ultimate goal of each firm, is possible with the presence of product innovation capability and process innovation capability, which are the two sub-dimensions of innovation capability. In our study, the relationships between product innovation capability and process innovation capability, which are the two sub-dimensions of innovation capability, and firm performance were examined. The combination of product and process innovation capability plays a critical role in the success of firms. At this point, the complementary feature that exists between both abilities gains importance. The research was conducted with 220 questionnaires collected from the middle/senior managers of 120 firms operating in the field of technology. The data were analyzed by partial least squares method in SmartPls4 program. The results reveal that product innovation capability and process innovation capability have a positive impact on firms' performance

Relationship of Corporate Governance with Organizational Resilience in the Changing World

In addition to economical changes,technological improvemenets and crisis; occured  company scandals like Enron and  Worldcom has increased the interest in corporate governance concept. While corporate governance principles created by OECD in international  context, in our country the principles created by SPK based on Anglo-Saxon corporate governance model. To encourage firms about adopting corporate governance and measure adoption level of  firms who enrolled to stock markets to the codes in question, XKURY has been created by İstanbul Stock Market. When the effects of changes and developments in the fields of economy and technology on the management understanding and strategies of the enterprises considered, ability of the businesses that have adopted corporate governance principles to continue their activities in a healthy way, even if environmental factors become difficult or encounter any destructive events raises questions regarding to the relationahip between corporate governance and organizational resilience. This research has been made to understand if there is a correlation between corporate governance and organizational resilience. While data regarding to corporate governance point acquired as secondary sources via XKURY, data regarding to organizational resilience has been acquired as primary source via a survey that made up of organizational resilience scale created by Wicker et al. For dependent variable of the work, samples picked via snowball sampling method and collected data analyzed on the last word statistic softwares and Excel 2016. Analyze results showed that there is strong positive way correlation between corporate governance and organizational resilience

The Role of Collaborative Advantage for Analyzing the Effect of Supply Chain Collaboration on Firm Performance

Collaboration plays a critical role in a globalized, rapidly changing and competitive world, as the resources of an individual company are limited to compete with the challenges of the era. Supply chain collaboration is defined as a partnership process where two or more autonomous firms work closely to plan and execute supply chain operations towards common goals and mutual benefits. Supply chain collaboration results in collaborative advantage, the strategic benefits gained over competitors through supply chain partnering, and these both increase firm performance of the partners. In this research, the effect of supply chain collaboration on firm performance has been investigated by distributing a survey to Turkish companies which have been responded by 150. The role of collaborative advantage in this relation has also been measured. The results of the research suggest that there is a positive correlation between supply chain collaboration and collaborative advantage. The results also prove that supply chain collaboration positively affects firm performance. It is also proven that the mediator role of collaborative advantage on the effect of supply chain collaboration on firm performance is statistically significant

The Effect of Transportation Investments on Urban Logistics: Istanbul Sample

This paper defines the term of urban logistics, describes its significance, scope, shareholders, the factors affecting it, as well as the relevant performance criteria. Herein you will also find detailed information about the COST 321, a European Action which is considered as important for the urban logistics sector. This study outlines the urban logistics sector in Turkey, including the current transportation networks of Istanbul, a metropolis which has so far been experiencing an unplanned urbanization. In addition, the article claims that due to its geographical position, industrial opportunities, ever-growing population, connections, and infrastructure, urban transportation has become more of an issue for the city.  This study also analyzes endeavors of the last decade that aim to solve these above-mentioned problems, and their impacts. These impacts were analyzed based on the findings about COST 321, and possible logistics solutions were suggested within the study

THE MODERATOR ROLE OF TRUST IN THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN COOPETITION AND INCREMENTAL INNOVATION: EVIDENCE FROM TOURISM INDUSTRY

With the increasing importance of coopetition in recent days, coopetition has been adopted by companies in order to embark on the changing global market conditions. Cooperation is a variable that arises simultaneously from the concepts of “cooperation” and “competition” that has become increasingly popular in recent years. In cooperation, the attitude of the partners is important. During the competition process, the attitudes and behaviors of the partners towards each other should be within the framework of ethical and moral rules, competence, efficiency and goodwill. It is believed that the efficiency of the innovation process, which takes place together with the coopetition path, will be greater. It is aimed to improve the innovation performance of companies through strong cooperation between companies and synergy in the information of the parties. The element of trust is one of the important factors determining the direction of coopetition activities particular. For this, the trust factor between partners often comes into play. This research questions how innovative firms that conduct R&D and innovation studies affect trust in the relationship between coopetition efforts and incremental innovations in tourism industry. For this reason, it is aimed to examine the moderator effect of trust in the relationship between cooperation and incremental innovation. The analysis of the data collected in the study was tested by hierarchical regression analysis. The positive and significant impact of joint competitive activities on the hospitality industry was further strengthened by the moderator effect of the trust and supported by the results of the resulting field study. As a result, the study was finalized by supporting the assumption put forward

The Effect of Trust and Uncertainty in the Supply Chain on Firm Performance

In the current professional environment with the globalizing world, the companies are constantly in a competition with one another in order to survive. The companies in this globalizing world need to give close attention to the customer's demands in order to be ahead of the competition. The increasing pressure from global competition, the rapidly and constantly changing customer demands and the race to uphold these demands rapidly, and effectively, the limited nature of financial and non-financial resources has led the companies to form business partnerships with supply chains. Trust is the leading psychological factor in any kind of social relationship and it’s indispensable in collaborative relationships as well. In this study, the effect of trust in the supply chain on the performance of the company is examined

Innovation Capability As Key to Competitive Advantage: Relation of Product Innovation Capability, Process Innovation Capability, and Firm Performance

In the technological products and services market, which operates under rapidly changing market conditions and where competition is intense, firms need to offer well-developed innovative products and services to the market in order to maintain their existence in the long term. However, firms need to have a range of internal capabilities to produce these innovative products and services. The key for firms to keep up with the intense competitive environment and to achieve the firm performance, which is the ultimate goal of each firm, is possible with the presence of product innovation capability and process innovation capability, which are the two sub-dimensions of innovation capability. In our study, the relationships between product innovation capability and process innovation capability, which are the two sub-dimensions of innovation capability, and firm performance were examined. The combination of product and process innovation capability plays a critical role in the success of firms. At this point, the complementary feature that exists between both abilities gains importance. The research was conducted with 220 questionnaires collected from the middle/senior managers of 120 firms operating in the field of technology. The data were analyzed by partial least squares method in SmartPls4 program. The results reveal that product innovation capability and process innovation capability have a positive impact on firms' performance