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Exploring the factors affecting global manufacturing performance

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  • Benjamin Yeo
  • Delvin Grant

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A decision tree is used to explore the effects of Information and Communication Technologies (ICTs) and financial factors on global manufacturing industry sales performance. Existing research provides an unclear picture of how ICTs affect sales performance. Earlier studies showed little evidence that ICTs improve performance, more recent studies do. Our investigation found that between 2006 and 2009, companies with high ICT scores performed well, but their performance declined substantially between 2010 and 2014. ICTs do not significantly influence manufacturing sales growth performance, but financial factors do. Supplier credit as a source of financing leads to negative sales growth, while low loan collateral improves sales performance. Taking advantage of bank financing improves sales, but using equity or stocks to fund investments negatively affects them. These findings are used to develop seven research hypotheses for future studies.

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  • Benjamin Yeo & Delvin Grant, 2019. "Exploring the factors affecting global manufacturing performance," Information Technology for Development, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 25(1), pages 92-121, January.
    • Handle: RePEc:taf:titdxx:v:25:y:2019:i:1:p:92-121
    DOI: 10.1080/02681102.2017.1315354
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    1. Benjamin Yeo, 2019. "What Drives University Technological Innovation Outcomes? A Re-Vitalised Investigation," Journal of Information & Knowledge Management (JIKM), World Scientific Publishing Co. Pte. Ltd., vol. 18(03), pages 1-28, September.
    2. Muhammad Khalid Anser & Zahid Yousaf & Muhammad Usman & Seemab Yousaf, 2020. "Towards Strategic Business Performance of the Hospitality Sector: Nexus of ICT, E-Marketing and Organizational Readiness," Sustainability, MDPI, vol. 12(4), pages 1-17, February.
    3. Hussein Jalil Mohsin & Sahbaa Abdulqader Ahmed & Dalia Streimikiene, 2020. "Evaluating the Financial Performance by Considering the Effect of External Factors on Organization Cash Flow," Contemporary Economics, University of Economics and Human Sciences in Warsaw., vol. 14(3), September.

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