Is performance driven by industry- or firm-specific factors? A reply to McNamara Aime, and Vaaler

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The questions of identification of outlaying firms within industries and their impact on the relative importance of firm- and industry-specific factors for firm performance are highlighted. In response to findings by McNamara, Aime and Valler it is argued that the key results in Hawawini, Subramanian, and Verdin studies are insensitive to the varying methods used to identify firm outliers.

Influence, Business success, Industrial economy, Business performance management

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Marketing and technology resource complementarity: An analysis of their interaction effect in two environmental contexts

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The effects on performance of marketing capabilities, technological capabilities and their complementarity are examined. The complementarity effect is significant only in the high turbulence environment whereas lower marketing-related main effect is found in the high turbulence environment.

Marketing Management, Administration of Marketing, Performance standards, Job performance standards

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Is performance driven by industry- or firm-specific factors?: a new look at the evidence

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Research on corporate performance finds that firm-specific assets most impact exceptional value creators or destroyers in a particular industry. For most of the non-notable firms, industry factors seem to have a greater impact on performance.

Belgium, Models, Corporate finance, Industry, Industries

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