Understanding the impact of technology investments on financial performance among Latin American supply chains

Samayita Guha, Arun Upadhyay, Manjul Gupta
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PurposeIn spite of the fact that today’s supply chains are global, it is surprising the current research lacks studies primarily focusing on Latin American (LATAM) firms. To enhance our understanding in this domain, this study examines the impact of technology investments on inventory turnover, asset turnover and employee productivity measures within the LATAM context.Design/methodology/approachWe use an unbalanced panel of over 2,101 firm-year observations from the Worldscope database between 2010 and 2022 and limit our analysis to firms located in the Latin American region. We use panel data and regression analysis to test our hypotheses.FindingsThe findings reveal a positive impact of technology investments on inventory turnover, asset turnover and employee productivity.Originality/valueThere is a dearth of research in the discipline primarily focusing on the firms from the LATAM region. The extant literature has largely focused on the Western firms and we know from prior cross-cultural research that there are significant differences in terms of how firms and governments operate differently in emerging and non-Western regions such as LATAM or parts of Asia and Africa. By specifically focusing on a sample of LATAM firms, the study makes important contributions to the extant literature with respect to the role of technology investments in improving inventory turnover, and also on asset turnover and employee productivity. The study further provides implications for practice.
了解技术投资对拉丁美洲供应链财务业绩的影响
目的尽管当今的供应链是全球性的,但令人惊讶的是,目前的研究缺乏主要针对拉丁美洲(LATAM)企业的研究。为了加深我们对这一领域的了解,本研究探讨了技术投资对拉丁美洲和加勒比海地区的存货周转率、资产周转率和员工生产率的影响。我们使用面板数据和回归分析来检验我们的假设。研究结果研究结果表明,技术投资对存货周转率、资产周转率和员工生产率有积极影响。现有文献主要关注西方企业,而我们从以往的跨文化研究中了解到,在新兴和非西方地区(如拉丁美洲和加勒比海地区或亚洲和非洲部分地区),企业和政府的运营方式存在显著差异。通过特别关注拉丁美洲和加勒比海地区的企业样本,本研究在技术投资对提高存货周转率、资产周转率和员工生产率的作用方面为现有文献做出了重要贡献。研究还为实践提供了启示。
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