Business and Economics Journal

Department of Procurement and Logistics Management, Makerere University Business School, Plot 21A Port, Uganda

Publications

• Review Article   
  Risk Management Mediates the Relationship between Outsourcing and Profitability of Manufacturing Firms
  Author(s): Noah Mwelu*, Susan Watundu and Musa Moya
  
  Over decades, manufacturing firms are struggling to remain competitive in an intense manufacturing industry. The struggle is due to increasing manufacturing companies dealing in similar or related products. Given the competitive dynamics in the manufacturing industry, firms are proactively searching for viable strategies to ensure profitability and survival. Scholars and management have jointly conducted studies to find amicable strategies influencing firms’ profitability. Whereas various studies have been conducted on profitability, majority of these studies were concerned with strategies directly influencing profitability with little attention on the mediating role of other strategies. Specifically, little is known on mediation studies in manufacturing industry. Despite strategies directly influencing profitability being established, firms’ are in rec.. Read More»
  DOI: 10.37421/2151-6219.2022.13.385

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