The aerospace industry is considered strategic for economic and national security reasons because it generates short-and long-term benefits for countries, such as new investments, technology transfers, and spillover. Therefore, this research aimed to identify the necessary and sufficient conditions for guaranteeing the high performance of design and engineering firms (DEFs) in Mexico's aerospace industry. Taking a resource-based perspective enhanced by absorptive capacity and entrepreneurship approaches, this study contributes to understanding the causal ambiguity and social complexity characterizing the relationship between firms' performance and resource allocation. Additionally, this research used a fuzzy-set qualitative comparative analysis (fsQCA) method to gain insight into the configurations (i.e., sets of resources) that lead firms to achieve high performance levels (HPLs) in Mexico's aerospace industry. The results demonstrated that absorptive capacity, innovation capacity, entrepreneurial capacity, research and development activities, and specialized human resources are necessary conditions for achieving HPLs.
This paper analyzes how wineries in the wine industry cluster of Baja California in Mexico achieve a high-performance level and engage in technology management. The study uses the fuzzy-set qualitative comparative analysis approach to inquire into the necessary and sufficient conditions for firms in this industry cluster to attain a high-performance level. Our research hypothesis suggests that the presence of some resources (conditions) in the wine industry cluster of Baja California is a necessary and sufficient condition (set-theoretic relations) to achieve a high-performance level (outcome). Accordingly, this study examines the causal complexity observed in set-theoretic relations and high-performance levels in the wine industry cluster of Baja California. An important finding in this research is that winery firms in Baja California do not need to develop interdependent innovations to achieve a high-performance level. However, research and development efforts, good supplier relations, and production capacity are necessary conditions to achieve a high performance level in this cluster.
This paper analyzes the necessary and sufficient conditions for successful innovation in design and engineering companies (DECs) of the aerospace industry in Mexico. It is argued that successful innovation activity is a condition for achieving a high-performance level (HPL) among DECs. Seven innovation capabilities are analyzed to determine whether an HPL exists. Based on the dynamic capabilities approach, this research suggests that learning capability (LRC), research and development capability (RDC), creative capability (CRC), collaborative innovation capability (CIC), knowledge sharing capability (KSC), and exploitation capability (EXTC) are necessary conditions to achieve an HPL in DECs of the aerospace industry in Mexico. The fuzzy-set qualitative comparative analysis (fsQCA) methods are applied in this research to get insight into the configuration complexity that determines configurational causal relationships between HPL and innovation capabilities among firms of this industry in Mexico.
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