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The role of internet banking in continuous improvement areas: quantitative evidence from Jordanian banks

Al-Weshah, Ghazi A. - In: International Journal of Business Performance Management 14 (2013) 2, pp. 181-196

concludes that internet banking provides many available opportunities to bank improvement such as easy and quick banking … services, cheap communication tools with customers, new banking products and services to bank customers, and effective control … about banking system errors. On the other hand, internet banking encounters many potential challenges in bank improvement …

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Relational capabilities in market orientation to improvement of performance outcomes in SMEs

Shafei, Reza; Zohdi, Mehran - In: International Journal of Business Performance Management 15 (2014) 4, pp. 295-315

This paper analysed the intermediary effect of market orientation as a variable that can change the business performance of some markets especially SMEs. Market orientation which plays a significant role in marketing and give rise to the organisation's competitive advantage and success and...

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Value proposition and firm performance: segmentation of Polish online companies

Doligalski, Tymoteusz; Zaborek, Piotr; Sylwia … - In: International Journal of Business Performance Management 16 (2015) 2/3, pp. 133-148

The purpose of the paper was to identify approaches to value proposition in online companies and their consequences to firm performance. The paper presents a deconstructivist view on online value proposition. Based on this approach a survey of 150 Polish online firms was conducted. The research...

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Revisiting performance measurement and management: deriving linkages with strategic management theories

Yadav, Neetu; Sushil; Sagar, Mahim - In: International Journal of Business Performance Management 15 (2014) 2, pp. 87-105

The interest in performance measurement and management (PMM) has notably increased in the last two decades. The purpose of the paper is to revisit the research and knowledge base of the last two decades related to performance measurement and management and exploring the linkages with theories...

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Embedding, knowledge transfer, industry clusters and global competitiveness with firm performance: case study of the Iran

Maroofi, Fakhrddin; Sadqi, Farzad - In: International Journal of Business Performance Management 13 (2012) 2, pp. 139-157

This study seeks to develop a dynamic theoretical framework for global competitiveness and to determine whether the enhancement of firm performance comes as a consequence of clustering at the location level, inter-organisational trust at the relationship level, or resource and knowledge...

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Financial performance and voluntary environmental disclosures during the Asian Financial Crisis: the case of Hong Kong

Kimbro, Marinilka B.; Melendy, Sara R. - In: International Journal of Business Performance Management 12 (2010) 1, pp. 72-85

Voluntary environmental reporting and disclosures (VED) in annual reports provide managers with an effective way to manage expectations of the sustainability and risk exposure of the firm. Many studies have documented that VED are fairly common among publicly listed firms. However, in the case...

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Creative accounting practice and business performance: evidence from Pakistan

Malik, Ali; Liu, Jonathan; Kyriacou, Orthodoxia - In: International Journal of Business Performance Management 12 (2011) 3, pp. 228-241

This paper explores the issue of creative accounting and evidence of its use in Pakistan. The financial characteristics of Pakistani companies, officially or publically identified for using some form of creative accounting are investigated and explored. Through the use of financial ratios and a...

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Imitation or innovation to enhance the performance: an empirical investigation of 258 Chinese firms

Liu, Dawei - In: International Journal of Business Performance Management 12 (2011) 4, pp. 377-395

This paper is focused on the factors which determined the adoption of innovation or imitation strategies on firm performance in seven different industries in China. Firstly, we delineate and distinguish the concepts of innovation and imitation. Secondly, using the structural equation modelling...

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Application matters: how different corporate portfolio management practices impact firm performance

Untiedt, Robert; Nippa, Michael; Pidun, Ulrich - In: International Journal of Business Performance Management 14 (2013) 2, pp. 197-220

The advantageousness of corporate portfolio management (CPM) and particularly of CPM tools has been disputed among scholars for decades. A few studies that systematically analysed the relationship between applying CPM tools and firm performance are suggestive of proving a rather negative effect....

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Effect of just-in-time selling strategy on firms' performance in Jordan

Al-Refaie, Abbas; Thyabat, Asem - In: International Journal of Business Performance Management 16 (2015) 1, pp. 1-18

This research investigates the effects of just-in-time selling (JITS) strategy on firms' performance. A structural model is proposed that consists of measures for JITS strategy, market orientation, transformational leadership, environment, and organisation performance. Data is collected from 117...

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