The purpose of this paper is to analyze the patterns of location of key activities for break-out in corporate competitiveness. The key objective is to identify linkages that may…
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Purpose
The purpose of this paper is to analyze the patterns of location of key activities for break-out in corporate competitiveness. The key objective is to identify linkages that may exist among the location of corporate center activities, innovation capabilities and the break-out.
Design/methodology/approach
Patterns of location of corporate center across the world have been explored first, using sample data from Global 500. For the context of innovation and India, two polar locations were selected. The patterns in the growth of focal firms from the locations were evaluated using select competitiveness criteria such as revenues, profits and assets, based on data of a larger sample from Global 2000.
Findings
Findings support the view on “role of location with innovation clusters” such as Bangalore, particularly for competitiveness of born global firms. Surprisingly, Mumbai has increased its percentage share of contributions in terms of revenues and profits, indicating sustenance of cluster, entrepreneurial and other advantages.
Practical implications
Considering the enormous scope for enhancing contributions of emerging-country multinational enterprises to the world economy, decisions related to break-out in competitiveness are critical. Depending on strategic intent and the role of innovation and internationalization, firms can take better decisions related to the location of specific corporate activities to foster multinational enterprise (MNE) competitiveness.
Social implications
The findings may inspire key stakeholders to take decisions that enhance sustainability of city clusters and communities.
Originality/value
Analyzing the role of location of key corporate activities, for the phenomenon “break-out to higher stages of competitiveness”, is a unique contribution. These concepts and findings can be of high value to firms and MNEs thinking long term about location or relocation of corporate center activities, particularly for innovation.
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Sanjay Bhattacharya, Kirankumar S. Momaya and K. Chandrasekhar Iyer
To suggest a conceptual framework to benchmark enablers of growth and link them to performance metrics, duly supported theoretically with definitions and literature review. The…
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Purpose
To suggest a conceptual framework to benchmark enablers of growth and link them to performance metrics, duly supported theoretically with definitions and literature review. The sub-objectives of the study are the following:
To identify enablers based on theories and antecedents of growth
To establish key leads on how the identified enablers have been deployed by leading construction companies, basis their stages of growth and economic context
To identify which enablers have higher potential to contribute to competitiveness and growth in an effort to benchmark performance
To establish if the enablers deployed is dependent on the market maturity and economic context
To identify enablers based on theories and antecedents of growth
To establish key leads on how the identified enablers have been deployed by leading construction companies, basis their stages of growth and economic context
To identify which enablers have higher potential to contribute to competitiveness and growth in an effort to benchmark performance
To establish if the enablers deployed is dependent on the market maturity and economic context
Design/methodology/approach
The enabler-mix-based approach is evolved through literature review, inputs from industry practitioners, and subsequent empirical analysis. To explore relationships, the primary methodology suggested is building theory from practice, justified in specific industry and regional economic context. Content analysis has been used for validation of the framework.
Findings
Traditional strategy literature suffers from the limitations in terms of applicability and specific contextual settings. In a rapidly changing and varied environment coupled with the context of emerging countries, there is a need for a benchmarked framework for strategy and growth. The evidence toward utility of the framework has been established through a quick analysis of leading construction companies. Capabilities for “operational and process excellence,” “unique products and services,” and “visionary leadership” emerged to be the higher ranked core growth enablers. However, the deployment of these enablers is dependent on the maturity of the company and its economic context.
Research limitations/implications
This simpler and generic framework analyzes the relative impact on performance, as well as the inter-enabler interaction and substitution effects, in the context of construction companies.
Practical implications
In the context of industries that are volatile in nature (like the construction industry), strategy tools need to be simple and generic towards practical and uncomplicated application for the managers, to achieve positive outcomes.
Originality/value
This paper offers fresh perspectives to benchmarking literature in terms of enablers to deliver growth performance, in the context of construction companies. It attempts to fill the gap in evolving simple strategy tools to ensure sustainable growth performance in industries having nascent research support and less availability of data so far. In the context of industries that are volatile in nature (like the construction industry), strategy tools need to be simple and generic toward practical and uncomplicated application for the managers to achieve positive outcomes.
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Sanjay Bhattacharya, Kirankumar S. Momaya and K.C. Iyer
Successful handling and delivery of projects requires commensurate growth in the business capabilities of construction companies. The current scenario of exponential…
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Purpose
Successful handling and delivery of projects requires commensurate growth in the business capabilities of construction companies. The current scenario of exponential infrastructure boom in India necessitates scaling up to meet the challenges of competitiveness. The objectives of this study are to (1) identify the enablers of sustainable business growth among Indian construction companies, (2) identify gaps in the deployment of the enablers in comparison to competitive successful international construction companies and (3) suggest strategic initiatives to top management of companies and policymakers for promoting business growth and industry competitiveness.
Design/methodology/approach
A detailed literature review first identifies an adapted framework for enablers of growth and growth performance of successful international construction companies on basis of industry trends. Thereafter, a questionnaire survey was administered on the leading construction companies in India to assess the deployment of enablers and gaps thereof. A total of 108 valid responses were obtained from top management executives of the companies and analysed through descriptive statistics and hypothesis testing.
Findings
Studies indicate that anticipation of new demands and capabilities; business opportunity scanning and human resource skills and capabilities are among the most important enablers of growth. The role of leadership vision and focus on development of human resources is critical to competitiveness and growth. The successful international construction companies have delivered growth utilising their ability to deploy multiple strategies, diversification and new business opportunities. These are sparingly deployed by Indian companies.
Research limitations/implications
The study is limited to the opinion and perceptions of the top management personnel of the construction companies.
Practical implications
High economic growth context offers a unique opportunity for domestic Indian construction companies to leverage. The valuable insights gained from this study provide hints to the top management of these companies to draw managerial implications for facing the challenges ahead and delivering projects in the dynamic and hyper-competitive construction industry. The policymakers on their part are responsible to support and promote initiatives for sustainable growth.
Originality/value
The study suggests business growth enablers to construction companies in India to improve their international competitiveness.
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Sneha Bhat and Kirankumar S. Momaya
This study aims to investigate the moderating effect of market characteristics on the relationship between innovation capabilities and export performance of Indian pharmaceutical…
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Purpose
This study aims to investigate the moderating effect of market characteristics on the relationship between innovation capabilities and export performance of Indian pharmaceutical firms.
Design/methodology/approach
The authors test the hypotheses using generalized least square estimator with random effects, on a panel data set, for the period 2010–2016.
Findings
Analyses of the data show that innovation capabilities lead to superior export performance. R&D investment positively affects export performance of both developing and developed countries, whereas patent quality negatively affects the export performance of developed countries and has no significance in developing countries. Size of the firm has significant positive effect on its export performance.
Originality/value
This study explores the role of market characteristics in determining the relationship between innovation and export performance, which has mostly been ignored in extant literature, especially in the context of emerging market multinationals.
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Kirankumar Momaya and Kapil Bardeja
Emerging competitive era post‐liberalization offers lot of opportunities and challenges for firms, organizations and their stakeholders in India. Ventures can be a vehicle for…
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Emerging competitive era post‐liberalization offers lot of opportunities and challenges for firms, organizations and their stakeholders in India. Ventures can be a vehicle for achieving innovation and competitiveness and are growing rapidly. Access to quality financing is a key success factor of such ventures and remains an area of weakness in India. Findings and learning of an attempt to look into problems and issues of financing ventures are presented in this paper. Primary data collected from fieldwork across key cities in India is complemented by analysis of secondary data collected from India and abroad. Balancing the Western and Eastern views, implications are drawn for key stakeholders. There is urgent need for scale‐up on funding for seed stage, systems for effective cooperation among key stakeholders, and overall environment and infrastructure, if innovative products/services from India are to make a mark on global level and ventures are to meet aspirations about competitiveness.
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Sanjay Bhattacharya, K. Chandrasekhar Iyer and Kirankumar Momaya
The purpose of this paper is to determine the enablers of growth that need to be deployed in construction companies in India.
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Purpose
The purpose of this paper is to determine the enablers of growth that need to be deployed in construction companies in India.
Design/methodology/approach
The paper uses a case‐based approach which attempts to compare the enablers of growth amongst the selected companies, based on interviews of the top management, secondary published literature review and analysis based on strategy diamond framework. The companies are selected on the basis of theoretical sampling of polar performances.
Findings
The study explores a cross‐section of construction companies having diverse growth performance on the basis of several parameters and assesses them in terms of enablers of growth. It attempts to record the reasons behind the success and failures of the select companies.
Research limitations/implications
The lessons derived can be utilized to orient aspiring construction companies in India towards growth and enhancing their chances of successfully competing with the large and international players.
Originality/value
This paper offers growth perspectives to strategy literature in terms of enablers, related to construction companies.
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Sanjay Bhattacharya, Kirankumar S. Momaya and Chandrasekhar Iyer
The purpose of this paper is to discover the latent factors amongst identified enablers of growth which can enhance growth performance in construction companies in India.
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Purpose
The purpose of this paper is to discover the latent factors amongst identified enablers of growth which can enhance growth performance in construction companies in India.
Design/methodology/approach
Factor analysis has been used to determine latent factors among the enablers of growth. The data for the analysis were collected through a questionnaire survey administered on 30 leading construction companies in India.
Findings
Factor analysis reveals that company systems and processes, customer orientation or value enhancement, future businesses, visionary leadership and intent, and versatile workforce are required to be optimally synergized for growth. Specific task forces or delegation of activities may be setup to look after each one of the above five factors.
Research limitations/implications
Focus on these factors will help streamline the structure and functioning of a construction company and help strategise to achieve growth performance.
Practical implications
Understanding about priorities in enablers and inhibitors can help firm devise appropriate strategies and action plans.
Originality/value
This paper reduces several identified enablers of growth into few factors to practically design appropriate structure and work processes to deliver performance.
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Ashish Kumar, Ravi Shankar and Kirankumar S. Momaya
The purpose of this paper is to illustrate, from a Myanmar mobile operator’s point of view, the trade-off between trying to trying to get to untapped towns and villages faster…
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Purpose
The purpose of this paper is to illustrate, from a Myanmar mobile operator’s point of view, the trade-off between trying to trying to get to untapped towns and villages faster than competition (“time-to-market” strategy) and cooperating with competition through network sharing to reduce costs (“coopetition” strategy).
Design/methodology/approach
The system dynamics (SD) model shows the business results of a Myanmar mobile operator under two different scenarios, one in which the focus is on time-to-market, and the other in which the focus is on coopetition.
Findings
An operator motivated by time-to-market advantage expects better margins by capturing market share ahead of competition. However, when every operator follows this individual agenda, its time-to-market benefit depends on whether it is actually faster than competition. In contrast, coopetition eliminates costs by design and provides assured margin improvements.
Practical implications
The paper establishes that coopetition has a clear economic rationale. Adopting coopetition improves the business case of the mobile operator and helps it to contribute to the socio-economic development of Myanmar.
Originality/value
The paper applies SD modelling, which is under-represented in marketing, to a study on coopetition in the mobile industry, in the context of Myanmar, a market which is rarely studied in marketing research.