Business strategies, profitability and efficiency of production

Alarcón, Silverio; Sánchez, Mercedes

doi:10.5424/sjar/2013111-3093

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“…As regards the Spanish case, Schmalensee's school of thought (1985) has been followed by authors such as Claver et al (2002), Pereira et al (2011), Alarcón & Sánchez (2013) and Zouaghi et al (2017), among others. According to the region studied, these research groups used different data sources, the objective of the study and the preference of the analysts, although most of the data were extracted from the companies' annual accounts and mercantile registers.…”

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Are small and medium-size food industry firms profitable? Explaining differences in their performance: The case of the Valencia Region

González-Moralejo

Cortés

Miquel

2021

Economia Agro-Alimentare

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The main aim of this study was to determine the factors that influenced profitability of companies involved in the Valencia food industry between 2006 and 2015. For this, macroeconomic, sector and company variables were the key elements used in the statistical analysis, together with their dependenceon the economic cycle in indicating the present state of the sector in the Valencian Region. The panel data was obtained from the sabi data base and combined with transverse data and time series. Economic and financial profitability are both influenced by certain common factors, especially the sales margin. The higher the margin the higher the profit, although this relationship also depends on where the business company is located. Rotation of assets also contributes to raising profits in times of economic expansion. The Economic Crisis saw profits fall in 2009 and 2012, two of its worst years. Finally, differences were also found between large and small enterprises.

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Are small and medium-size food industry firms profitable? Explaining differences in their performance: The case of the Valencia Region

González-Moralejo

Cortés

Miquel

2021

Economia Agro-Alimentare

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“…An increase in agri-food companies' competitiveness is therefore decisive for continuous economic growth (Alarcón & Sánchez, 2013). Individual components of the agri-food chain are also of high economic importance.…”

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What drives firm profitability? A multilevel approach to the Spanish agri-food sector

Zouaghi¹,

Sánchez

Hirsch

2017

Span. j. agric. res.

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Strategic management research has demonstrated the importance of firm-and industry structure as drivers of firm profitability. However, less is known about how firms´ geographical locations affect profitability. Applying a multi-level approach of hierarchical linear modeling we estimated firm-, industry-, and region-specific effects on profitability of 3,273 agri-food firms operating in different Spanish districts over the time span 2006-2013. The results reveal the dominance of firm-specific effects which contribute up to 48.8% to variance in firm profitability while the contribution of industry effects (0.8-4.2%), geographical location (0.1-1.8%), and year effects (0.1-2.5%) is rather small. Moreover, firm size, risk, and innovative activity turn out as significant profit drivers at the firm level. Although firm-effects outweigh industry-and region-specific factors, the results indicate that industry concentration as well as regional education and unemployment influence profitability. In addition, proximity to technological institutes as well as the degree of urbanization of the region in which a firm operates can be drivers of profitability. Hence, despite the superiority of firm effects the results indicate that agri-food managers should also consider possible advantages from location-based resources in order to ensure competitiveness.Additional keywords: agri-food profits; firm-, industry-, and location effects; hierarchical linear model.

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“…In order to measure business performance, it is necessary to meet profit and sales targets (Martinette et al, 2014). Profitability is an indicator of business performance (Alarcón & Sánchez, 2013). Profitability is defined by two indicators, namely ROA and Return on Sales (ROS).…”

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The Effect of Reputation and Partnership Strategy on Business Performance of Internet Service Provider Company

Fachri

2023

JAMRSSS

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Internet service provider companies play a crucial role to internet usage. This industry is facing the conditions of hyper competition, so that the profitability growth tends to stagnate and even decline. Refer to the background, the study is aimed to investigate the influence reputation and partnership strategy on business performance of the internet service provider companies in Indonesia. This was a verification study on internet service provider companies in Indonesia as the unit of analysis, with the observation unit was the management of that companies. Samples were taken from 100 respondents. The research data was collected in a cross-section/one-shoot time horizon, in 2023. Data processing and hypothesis testing used Partial Least Square. The results of hypothesis testing show that reputation and partnership strategy have an effect on business performance of internet service provider companies, and partnership strategy has a more dominant influence compared to reputation. It is concluded that to achieve the targeted business performance of the internet service provider companies in Indonesia, it must be support by strengthening the partnership strategy and improve reputation so that it is expected to support growth in business performance.

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Business strategies, profitability and efficiency of production

Cited by 14 publications

References 62 publications

Are small and medium-size food industry firms profitable? Explaining differences in their performance: The case of the Valencia Region

Are small and medium-size food industry firms profitable? Explaining differences in their performance: The case of the Valencia Region

What drives firm profitability? A multilevel approach to the Spanish agri-food sector

The Effect of Reputation and Partnership Strategy on Business Performance of Internet Service Provider Company

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