Technological and human resource management practices in addressing perceived competitiveness in agribusiness firms

Thomas I. Chacko, John G. Wacker and Mohamad Mahdy Asar
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Thomas I. Chacko: College of Business, Iowa State University, Ames, IA 50011-2063, Postal: College of Business, Iowa State University, Ames, IA 50011-2063
John G. Wacker: College of Business, Iowa State University, Ames, IA 50011-2063, Postal: College of Business, Iowa State University, Ames, IA 50011-2063
Mohamad Mahdy Asar: Department of Economics, Higher Institute for Agricultural Cooperation, Cairo, Egypt, Postal: Department of Economics, Higher Institute for Agricultural Cooperation, Cairo, Egypt

Agribusiness, 1997, vol. 13, issue 1, 93-105

Abstract: This study examines agribusiness managers' perception of the competitiveness of the marketplace and the degree of their firms' competitiveness on four typical competitive goals pursued by business enterprises: quality, cost, delivery, and flexibility. Use of technological and human resource management practices is examined in relation to the firms' success in achieving competitiveness. The results suggest that 80% of these managers perceive revolutionary rather than gradual and evolutionary changes in the marketplace. They also felt that their firms are more competitive on quality and delivery goals and less competitive in cost and flexibility goals. Finally, the results suggest that technological management programs are less influential in assisting firms' achievement of their competitiveness goals than human resource management programs. © 1997 John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

Date: 1997
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DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1520-6297(199701/02)13:1<93::AID-AGR9>3.0.CO;2-I

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