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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Asian Academy of Management (AAM)
2013
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| Online Access: | http://eprints.usm.my/36604/1/art_4_%2855-83%29.pdf http://eprints.usm.my/36604/ http://web.usm.my/aamj/18022013/art%204%20(55-83).pdf |
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| Summary: | 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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