The relationship between innovation and business performance—a comparative study between manufacturing and service firms

DI Prajogo - Knowledge and process management, 2006 - Wiley Online Library
… in both product and process innovation performance. The second finding, however, … existed
for manufacturing firms than for service firms between innovation and business performance, …

Innovation orientations and their effects on business performance: contrasting small‐and medium‐sized service firms

DI Prajogo, CM McDermott, MA McDermott - R&D Management, 2013 - Wiley Online Library
… relative performance of small- versus medium-sized service firmsbusiness performance.
We examine the effect of innovation on business performance between the two groups of firms, …

The impact of long-term client relationships on the performance of business service firms

P Kumar - Journal of Service Research, 1999 - journals.sagepub.com
… relationship-oriented service firms. However, such relationships help business service firms
to resist price pressures from their customers and add more value to their services over time. …

A comparative analysis of competitive priorities and business performance between manufacturing and service firms

N Bouranta, E Psomas - … Journal of Productivity and Performance …, 2017 - emerald.com
… levels of focus on competitive priorities (CPs) between service and manufacturing firms in
Greece during an economic crisis and the influence of those CPs on business performance. …

Customer learning processes, strategy selection, and performance in business‐to‐business service firms

D Zahay, A Griffin - Decision Sciences, 2004 - Wiley Online Library
… This study of 209 business services firms finds that generic marketing strategy positioning
(low… customer-based performance, which in turn is associated with increased business growth. …

Performance effects of three foci in service firms

PR Nayyar - Academy of Management Journal, 1992 - journals.aom.org
Service firms might focus on serving selected customer segments, capitalizing on distinctive
… executives of 198 service firms to develop systematic evidence on the performance effects of …

Performance of professional service firms from emerging markets: Role of innovative services and firm capabilities

DC Bello, LP Radulovich, RRG Javalgi… - … of World Business, 2016 - Elsevier
… We suggest the performance impact of an innovative service strategy for any given PSF is …
the firm's managerial and labor resources. Given the unique, traditional characteristics of firms

Outsourcing, competitive capabilities and performance: an empirical study in service firms

OF Bustinza, D Arias-Aranda… - International Journal of …, 2010 - Elsevier
… of company performance (organizational and business performance)… service firms, this
article finds that there is a relationship between outsourcing decisions and company performance

Market orientation and performance in service firms: role of innovation

S Agarwal, M Krishna Erramilli, CS Dev - Journal of services …, 2003 - emerald.com
… en route to superior performance. Innovation is particularly critical to service firms, as their
… To enjoy competitive advantage, service firms may need to continuously innovate to stay …

Business service firms, service space and the management of change

J R. Bryson - Entrepreneurship & Regional Development, 1997 - Taylor & Francis
… This paper relates the growth of business service firms to the part they play in wider changes
in business organization, and especially in satisfying the needs of their clients. Its purpose …