Exploring The Link Between Learning And Firm Performance: An Empirical Study Of Private Manufacturing Firms In Yangon – Myanmar

This paper focuses on evaluating the performance of firms from the knowledge and learning perspective. The survey covered a random sample of 120 private manufacturing firms in industrial zones in the Yangon area. Two broad categories of learning are determined: Internal and external. Internal lea...

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Main Authors: Tuan, Nham Phong, Lwin, Khine Tin Zar
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spelling my.usm.eprints.36604 http://eprints.usm.my/36604/ Exploring The Link Between Learning And Firm Performance: An Empirical Study Of Private Manufacturing Firms In Yangon – Myanmar Tuan, Nham Phong Lwin, Khine Tin Zar HD28-70 Management. Industrial Management This paper focuses on evaluating the performance of firms from the knowledge and learning perspective. The survey covered a random sample of 120 private manufacturing firms in industrial zones in the Yangon area. Two broad categories of learning are determined: Internal and external. Internal learning is captured by two domains of learning, individual and organisational, whereas external learning involves customers, competitors and suppliers. Firm performance is evaluated using two broad groups of aspects: Non-financial and financial. The ordinary least square (OLS) results show that first, different domains of learning affect firms’ performance differently. Individual, organisational and competitor learning impact firms’ non-financial performance, whereas other forms of learning do not. Second, the effect of different domains of learning on performance differs in accordance with the different aspects of performance measurement. Individual learning can explain firms' financial performance both directly and indirectly. However, organisational and competitor learning explain firm financial performance indirectly. Third, non-financial performance affects financial performance. Thus, the empirical results have important implications. Asian Academy of Management (AAM) 2013 Article PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://eprints.usm.my/36604/1/art_4_%2855-83%29.pdf Tuan, Nham Phong and Lwin, Khine Tin Zar (2013) Exploring The Link Between Learning And Firm Performance: An Empirical Study Of Private Manufacturing Firms In Yangon – Myanmar. Asian Academy of Management Journal (AAMJ), 18 (2). pp. 1-30. ISSN 1394-2603 http://web.usm.my/aamj/18022013/art%204%20(55-83).pdf
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Tuan, Nham Phong
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Exploring The Link Between Learning And Firm Performance: An Empirical Study Of Private Manufacturing Firms In Yangon – Myanmar
description This paper focuses on evaluating the performance of firms from the knowledge and learning perspective. The survey covered a random sample of 120 private manufacturing firms in industrial zones in the Yangon area. Two broad categories of learning are determined: Internal and external. Internal learning is captured by two domains of learning, individual and organisational, whereas external learning involves customers, competitors and suppliers. Firm performance is evaluated using two broad groups of aspects: Non-financial and financial. The ordinary least square (OLS) results show that first, different domains of learning affect firms’ performance differently. Individual, organisational and competitor learning impact firms’ non-financial performance, whereas other forms of learning do not. Second, the effect of different domains of learning on performance differs in accordance with the different aspects of performance measurement. Individual learning can explain firms' financial performance both directly and indirectly. However, organisational and competitor learning explain firm financial performance indirectly. Third, non-financial performance affects financial performance. Thus, the empirical results have important implications.
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title Exploring The Link Between Learning And Firm Performance: An Empirical Study Of Private Manufacturing Firms In Yangon – Myanmar
title_short Exploring The Link Between Learning And Firm Performance: An Empirical Study Of Private Manufacturing Firms In Yangon – Myanmar
title_full Exploring The Link Between Learning And Firm Performance: An Empirical Study Of Private Manufacturing Firms In Yangon – Myanmar
title_fullStr Exploring The Link Between Learning And Firm Performance: An Empirical Study Of Private Manufacturing Firms In Yangon – Myanmar
title_full_unstemmed Exploring The Link Between Learning And Firm Performance: An Empirical Study Of Private Manufacturing Firms In Yangon – Myanmar
title_sort exploring the link between learning and firm performance: an empirical study of private manufacturing firms in yangon – myanmar
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