Journal Articles
https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12504/135
2024-03-28T23:17:26ZRelationship multiplexity, multiple resource acquisition, and export performance of emerging-market firms
https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12504/1569
Relationship multiplexity, multiple resource acquisition, and export performance of emerging-market firms
Masaaki, Kotabe; Dan, Ayebare; Murray, Y. Janet
Drawing on the relational view and absorptive capacity theoretical lens, we examine the relationship between relationship multiplexity, multiple resource acquisition and export performance of emerging-market (EM) firms participating in buyer-supplier relationships with developed-country multinational companies (DC MNCs). Based on a sample of 128 firms in aviation, furniture, steelworks, automobile, and electronic sectors, we find that relationship multiplexity is positively related to the capacity of EM firms participating in these inter-firm exchanges to acquire technological, marketing, and managerial resources from their DC MNC counterparts, with the most benefit occurring in the acquisition of technological and marketing resources. Furthermore, our study shows that as EM firms seek to enhance their export performance while supplying DC MNCs, it is their successful acquisition of technological and marketing resources, but not managerial resources, that are significantly associated with their superior export performance. Our study contributes to the extant literature by providing important insights into the specific sources of internationalization advantages and/or disadvantages for EM exporters by being suppliers to DC MNCs in multiplex relationships.
2023-06-01T00:00:00ZA new dimension to neo‐institutional sociology: some evidence from the adoption of new budgetary practices in local governments in Uganda
https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12504/775
A new dimension to neo‐institutional sociology: some evidence from the adoption of new budgetary practices in local governments in Uganda
Kasumba, Stephen
The purpose of this study was to investigate the extent to which institutional pressures can be deployed to reinforce each other in creating and sustaining new budgetary practices.
Design/methodology/approach
This paper adopted a qualitative case study to investigate the macro dynamics for the adoption of new budgetary practices in local governments in Uganda, based on Kampala District. Data were collected from archival records and official documents as well as in‐depth semi‐structured interviews with various officials, including those in local governments, central government and aid agencies, such as the World Bank and Danida, which had significant influence in changing the institutional practices of local governments in Uganda.
Findings
The study revealed interconnections and various layers of institutional pressures that influenced the adoption of new budgetary practices in local governments in Uganda. In addition, mimetic actions of the national government of Uganda were not only for the acquisition “best” organisational practices, but were also used as strategic mechanisms for influencing the decisions of donors of resourceful institutions within the organisational field of international development.
Practical implications
This paper demonstrates how institutional pressures for the adoption of new organisational practices can be intertwined with the view of reinforcing each other in creating and sustaining new practices, such as budgetary practices.
Originality/value
The paper provides a new perspective to neo‐institutional sociology for the understanding of the macro dynamics for accounting changes in the context of a developing country.
122-143 p. : ill.
2013-04-05T00:00:00ZThe relationship between complexity behavior and enterprise growth: a case of savings and credit cooperatives in Uganda
https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12504/578
The relationship between complexity behavior and enterprise growth: a case of savings and credit cooperatives in Uganda
Omeke, Michael; Ngoboka, Pascal T.; Nkote, Isaac Nabeta; Kayongo, Isaac; Amankwah-Amoah, Joseph
This study examines the relationship between complexity behavior and enterprise growth in savings and credit cooperatives (SACCOs) in Uganda. A cross-sectional survey was conducted in the four regions of Uganda, using a mixed method approach. Primary data was collected using a self-administered questionnaire from 269 SACCOs in Uganda. Zero-order correlation, regression analysis, and structural equation modeling techniques were used to analyze the data. The study findings indicate a positive and significant relationship between complexity behavior and enterprise growth in SACCOs in Uganda. Furthermore, the dimensions of complexity behavior (self-organizing, adaptive behavior, and networking) are found to be positively and significantly correlated with enterprise growth in SACCOs in Uganda. This research focuses on the role of complexity behavior in promoting enterprise growth in a developing economy.
15 p.
2019-01-28T00:00:00Z