The analysis of operating performance between cost leadership and product differentiation strategy companies : evidence on the stock exchange of Thailand
Abstract:
The study aims to compare average operating performance, return-on-assed and return-on-equity, of cost-leadership-strategy firms with that of product-differentiation-strategy firm in the Stock Exchange of Thailand under higher growth economy and recessive economy. Data from 5 sectors, Industry, Food and Agriculture, Property and Consumer, and Technology, 126 firms, was collected from 1997 to 2003 and analyzed by descriptive statistics, and pair samples mean different t-test at significant level 0.05The findings show that, in high growth economy, cost-leadership-strategy firms possess higher return-on-asset ratio, but lower return-on-equity ratio than product-differentiation-strategy firms do. However, pair samples mean different t-test is not statistically significant. In recessive economy, product-differentiation-strategy firms possess both higher return-on-asset ratio and higher return-on-equity ratio than cost-leadership-strategy firms do. However, pair samples mean differenc t-test rematins no statistical significance t-test remains no statistical significance as same as the result of the test in high growth economy.