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- Aliasghar, Omid, et al.
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Building absorptive capacity through firm openness in the context of a less-open country
- 2019
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In: Industrial Marketing Management. - : ELSEVIER SCIENCE INC. - 0019-8501 .- 1873-2062. ; 83, s. 81-93
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Journal article (peer-reviewed)abstract
- We explore the roles that potential and realized absorptive capacity play in enhancing firm performance, and examine external knowledge search strategies as antecedents of absorptive capacity. In this way, we endeavor to open the black box that sits between external knowledge search and performance, and suggest that the establishment of deep and broad relationships with external sources has differing impacts on potential and realized absorptive capacity for the firm. We argue that distinguishing clearly between potential and realized absorptive capacity may provide new insights into understanding why some companies are more successful than others at benefiting from external knowledge. A sample of 171 suppliers operating in the Iranian automotive industry is used to test the proposed theoretical model, through a two-stage least squares approach. Surprisingly, our results indicate that only the firm's capability to acquire and assimilate new ideas from the external environment (potential absorptive capacity) is related to performance for these firms operating in Iran, which been isolated from global markets due to international sanctions. Our findings emphasize the notion that potential and realized absorptive capacity represent distinct capabilities, with different antecedents and different impacts on firm performance.
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- Aliasghar, Omid, et al.
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Where to search for process innovations? : The mediating role of absorptive capacity and its impact on process innovation
- 2019
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In: Industrial Marketing Management. - : Elsevier BV. - 0019-8501 .- 1873-2062. ; 82, s. 199-212
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Journal article (peer-reviewed)abstract
- While the potential of open innovation to develop product-related improvements through the use of external knowledge sources is undeniable, our understanding of how firms become process innovators remains limited. Distinguishing between product and process innovation is important, as insights gleaned from investigating product innovation may not relate directly to the study of process innovation. This study provides new insight into open innovation and absorptive capacity by proposing the mediating role of absorptive capacity - potential and realized - on the relationship between knowledge search from external sources and process-related innovation activities. We test our model using a sample of 171 auto component suppliers in Iran, and find evidence that the learning effects of external scanning increase when a firm learns how to better manage external searches in terms of external absorptive capacity routines. Our results indicate that, while knowledge search from value chain partners is related to process innovation, knowledge search from universities and other research organizations is not, and that potential absorptive capacity mediates the relationship between external knowledge search and process innovation. These findings shed further light on the relationship between a firm's openness and its process innovation.
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- Campbell-Hunt, Colin, et al.
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The binary choice facing SME internationalization
- 2010
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In: International growth of small and medium enterprises. - New York : Routledge. - 9780415872706 - 9780203842560 ; , s. 135-154
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Book chapter (other academic/artistic)
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- Chetty, Sylvie, et al.
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Causal foreign market selection and effectual entry decision-making: The mediating role of collaboration to enhance international performance
- 2024
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In: JOURNAL OF BUSINESS RESEARCH. - : Elsevier. - 0148-2963 .- 1873-7978. ; 172
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Journal article (peer-reviewed)abstract
- Foreign market selection and entry are important decisions for internationalizing small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) because they involve uncertainty, and influence performance. While it is inherent in effectual foreign market entry (FME) decision-making to rely on international partners and relationships to develop international markets, causal foreign market selection and business relationships/networks have frequently been presented as alternative ways to expand abroad. We conceive SMEs' foreign market selection and entry as international business decisions and build on causal and effectual logic, and business network theory, to propose a model explaining SMEs' international performance. We contribute to international business and SME literature by uncovering two different paths (causal and effectual) to FME collaboration and international performance. FME collaboration mediates the relation between causal foreign market selection and effectual entry decisionmaking and international performance. Our theoretical explanation for the mediating mechanism through which international performance can be enhanced is the network approach.
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- Chetty, Sylvie, et al.
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Dynamic improvisation capabilities as a learning mechanism in early internationalizing firms
- 2024
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In: Journal of world business (Print). - : Elsevier. - 1090-9516 .- 1878-5573. ; 59:3
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Journal article (peer-reviewed)abstract
- Our study addresses an inconsistency in the literature on whether a lack of knowledge in early internationalizing firms is an obstacle or an advantage. We integrate learning, capabilities, and improvisation literature to reveal how case firms from New Zealand and Finland internationalize early under uncertainty and time pressure. We develop a process model and propositions to show how firms develop improvisation capabilities and subsequently rapidly acquire the international business knowledge that can explain early internationalization. Improvisation and the associated rapid learning complement the learning advantage of newness with an alternative explanation for early internationalization.
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