Strategic management and management information systems affecting firm performance of Thai gem businesses

Abstract

This quantitative research aimed 1) to study operation performance of Thai Gem Businesses. 2) To study factors affecting firm performance of Thai Gem Businesses. The research was collected data by using questionnaire with 452 participants from production group of Thai Gem Businesses. The samples were collected conveniently and analyzed by frequency, percentage, mean, standard deviation, Pearson’s correlation coefficient and analysis confirmatory with Structural Equation Modeling: SEM. It was one of all statistic techniques to test for causal relationship of variables. The results found that database information management systems have positively affect strategic management and firm performance of Thai Gem Businesses with significant level 0.05. Database information management systems also have positive affect on strategic management of Thai Gem Businesses with significant level α < 0.05. Besides this research results found that database information management systems has positively direct and indirect affecting firm performance by pass strategic management with direct affect on firm performance equal to 0.346 and indirect affect by pass strategic management equal to 0.575. And total affect was equal to 0.921 with significant level. It showed that overall affect of database information management system on firm performance was more than strategic management affect to Firm Performance (0.603) with significant level 0.05. The analysis of correlation coefficient model showed that measurement between latent variables have positive correlation with significant level α < 0.05. The analysis of Structural Equation Model revealed that it wassuitable harmonize with empirical data ( χ2 / df = 1.489, CFI = 0.997, AGFI = 0.957, RMSEA = 0.08, RMR = 0.004) and consistent with the define hypothesis. The research results described the environmental of firm performance approach to strategic management by TOWS Matrix and recommendation on strategic management to solve problems on firm performance of Thai Gem Businesses in order to develop continuous firm performance for competitive advantage.