The bigger the better? Firm-based analysis of growth and innovation within the shipbuilding industry in Indonesia

Minayora, Amore; Bryson, John; Zhang, Yufeng

Abstract

Like other firms, shipyards obtain a competitive advantage when they consistently produce a product that corresponds to the key criteria: cost, quality, and delivery. To achieve these, shipyards have to provide the contributing elements, which are; design, labor, and materials. Complexity occurs when these resources are not provided by the yard, instead, it often relies on external providers. Those decisions are made in a day-to-day basis by the yard managers. This form of production network developed by the yards’ manager has a unique element of ‘project-based’ and it has not yet been incorporated in the competitiveness debates to explain the success factors within organisations. Face-to-face interviews constitute the core source of data in this study to help reveal the challenges and issues faced by the yards’ manager. This approach was undertaken as it offers the opportunity for a detailed investigation to reflect the firms’ adaptation process and to identify the types of strategies, they developed to overcome issues in the operations. The paper will compare how different scales of yards – embryonic, growth, and advanced shipyards, perceived the concept of competitiveness.

Citation

Minayora, A., Bryson, J., & Zhang, Y. (2017, July). The bigger the better? Firm-based analysis of growth and innovation within the shipbuilding industry in Indonesia. Paper presented at International Conference on Management in Emerging Markets (ICMEM, 2017), Indonesia, 26-28 July, 2017

• Presentation Conference Type: Conference Paper (unpublished)
• Conference Name: International Conference on Management in Emerging Markets (ICMEM, 2017)
• Conference Location: Indonesia, 26-28 July, 2017
• Start Date: Jul 26, 2017
• End Date: Jul 28, 2017
• Deposit Date: Oct 4, 2022
• Keywords: Competitiveness, Project-based, value chains, shipbuilding.
• Public URL: https://uwe-repository.worktribe.com/output/9942248
• Related Public URLs: https://icmem.sbm.itb.ac.id/pastconf/2017