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Title Sources of performance heterogeneity in emerging economies
ID_Doc 75826
Authors Hermelo, FD; Hetiennot, H; Vassolo, RS
Title Sources of performance heterogeneity in emerging economies
Year 2014
Published Management Research-The Journal Of The Iberoamerican Academy Of Management, 12, 2
DOI 10.1108/MRJIAM-03-2014-0544
Abstract Purpose - The purpose of this paper is to explore location effects on firm performance in emerging economies simultaneously accounting for permanent and transitory country, industry, country-industry and firm-specific effects. Design/methodology/approach - The authors utilize a novel methodological approach: an autoregressive, cross-classified, mixed-effect linear regression model that allows them to simultaneously estimate a permanent (long-run) component, a transitory (short-run) component and the speed of decay of the transitory (autoregressive) component. Findings - The authors find that the firm-specific effect is most important in explaining permanent and transitory differences. The country-industry interaction is the second most important effect, confirming that industries are not completely global and are still subject to country conditions. Broader views of the country-business context and industry conditions taken independently would be incomplete unless the country-industry interactions are considered. In other words, country matters because industry matters and vice versa. Country effects are also significant, but only transitory emphasizing the dynamic nature of emerging economies and the shortcomings that may result from considering the country business context static. Finally, the authors find that the chances of achieving sustainability of abnormal returns in emerging economies are dynamic and have significantly increased recently. Originality/value - To the authors' knowledge, this is the first to simultaneously estimate country, industry, country-industry and firm effects on the permanent and transitory components of abnormal returns in a sample of emerging economies. The study generates important evidence regarding the sources of sustainable differentiation for firms competing in emerging economies. Finally, the authors find that chances of achieving sustainability of abnormal returns in emerging economies are dynamic and have significantly increased recently.
Author Keywords Emerging economies; Firm performance; Industry effect; Hierarchical linear modeling; Performance heterogeneity; Country effect
Index Keywords Index Keywords
Document Type Other
Open Access Open Access
Source Emerging Sources Citation Index (ESCI)
EID WOS:000211657000005
WoS Category Management
Research Area Business & Economics
PDF https://ri.conicet.gov.ar/bitstream/11336/36308/2/CONICET_Digital_Nro.de219d4f-02ba-4818-aab5-d1fa83912406_A.pdf
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