Interactions Among Factors Influencing Product Innovation and Innovation Behaviour: Market Orientation, Managerial Ties, and Government Support

Thongsri, Natenapang; Chang, Alex Kung-Hsiung

doi:10.3390/su11102793

Cited by 49 publications

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“…Third, there is evidence for a positive correlation between subjective performance assessments and other objective measures that use accounting or financial data (Geringer and Hebert, 1991;Christoffersen et al, 2014). Lastly, our use of subjective measures is also in line with several recent studies on interfirm collaboration, government support and SME performance (e.g., Ibrahim and Mustapha, 2019;Danso et al, 2016;Neneh, 2018;Thongsri and Chang, 2019;Nakku, et al, 2020). Therefore, taking into account the setting for the study, the SME context and in following past research, this study finds it reasonable to use a subjective measure to capture SME performance.…”

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confidence: 85%

The differential effects of government support, inter-firm collaboration and firm resources on SME performance in a developing economy

Zulu-Chisanga

Chabala

Mandawa-Bray

2020

JEEE

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Purpose Notwithstanding that there has been increasing attention on factors that enhance SME performance in developing economies, there is a dearth of studies explicitly investigating the roles of government support systems and inter-firm collaboration. Drawing on the resource-based view (RBV) of the firm and institutional theories, this study aims to model and examine how government support, inter-firm collaboration and managerial ties affect SME performance and further explores how firm specific resources mediate the relationships. Design/methodology/approach A quantitative research design was used. Data were collected using a structured questionnaire from 438 SMEs operating in Zambia, a developing Sub-Saharan African country. Hierarchical linear regression and SPSS PROCESS macro were used to test the hypotheses. Findings Findings indicate that managerial ties have both a direct and indirect effect, through firm resources, on financial performance. Also, the relationship between inter-firm collaboration and financial performance is fully mediated by firm resources. Surprisingly, results reveal that government support does not have a significant effect on SME financial performance. Practical implications The study has important implications for SME managers and policy makers. It demonstrates that inter-firm collaborations and managerial ties enhance a firm’s financial performance. It also highlights the view that SMEs need to have firm specific resources to transform external resources, accessed from inter-firm relationships, into superior performance. SME policy makers are advised to focus more on policies and support mechanisms that promote inter-firm relationships at firm and managerial levels. Originality/value This study is one of the few studies to empirically show that the differential effects of inter-firm collaboration and managerial ties on SME performance are channeled through firm resources, in an under-researched developing Sub-Saharan African economy context. The study is also one of the few studies to reveal that government support is not significantly related to SME performance. Therefore, it provides valuable insights which could be applied to other developing countries with characteristics similar to Zambia.

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Section: Methodssupporting

confidence: 85%

The differential effects of government support, inter-firm collaboration and firm resources on SME performance in a developing economy

Zulu-Chisanga

Chabala

Mandawa-Bray

2020

JEEE

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“…It is crucial for the deepening of international R&D strategies. Firstly, innovation capacity endowment can help enterprises to quickly subdivide overseas markets according to their technical characteristics, production, and product advantages, and find potential markets suitable for their own R&D activities according to strategic objectives [30]. In general, in a macro perspective, market-oriented enterprises tend to favor large-scale countries and regions, while technology-oriented enterprises aim to track and acquire competitors' technology and information, so they usually tend to favor countries and regions with higher levels of expertise to establish international R&D institutions.…”

Section: Innovation Capacity Endowment and International Randd Intensitymentioning

confidence: 99%

“…For market-oriented enterprises, the purpose of international R&D is to collect the information of overseas customers, competitors, and markets, to improve and innovate their technologies based on this information, and to develop products and production processes suitable for the local market, so as to achieve product localization and technology localization [30]. In this process, there are two major challenges.…”

Section: The Mediating Role Of Innovation Capacity Endowmentmentioning

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Strategy Orientation, Innovation Capacity Endowment, and International R&D Intensity of Listed Companies in China

Chen

Tsai

2020

Sustainability

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Based on the endogenous factors which can affect the strategy of international R&D of China’s enterprises, an analysis is carried out on the relationship between market- and technology-orientation of the strategy and the intensity of international R&D. In addition, the mediation effects of innovation capacity endowment are discussed. On this basis, 254 listed enterprises with overseas R&D institutions approved by the Ministry of Commerce of China were taken as the sample for survey administration. The poisson regression method was adopted to test the hypotheses. Additionally, we utilized the Bootstrap method to confirm the robustness of the regression models. Results show that for Chinese enterprises with significant international R&D strategy intentions, market orientation has a significant inhibitory effect on their international R&D intensity, while the technology orientation has a significant stimulating effect on international R&D. In addition, innovation capacity has a significant positive impact on the intensity of international R&D, and plays a partial mediating role in the relationship between technology orientation and international R&D. Therefore, to promote international R&D strategies in the era of high-quality economic development, Chinese enterprises are suggested to establish an innovation-oriented strategy orientation to promote innovation cultural heritage, and to strengthen the accumulation of innovative resources and capabilities.

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“…Organizations that have strong governmental financial and non-financial support can buy new technologies and launch new projects (Caloffiet al, 2015). Several studies have been conducted (Thongsri, & Chang, 2019;Zhang, & Guan, 2018) in which the findings suggested that governmental support such as R & D, grants, and incentives can promote the firm's technological capability. In addition, a lot of organizational support in terms of finance, loans, incentives, and R & D can help the top management in taking confident decisions and investing in risky projects (Brandao-Marques, Correa, & Sapriza, 2020;Uddin, 2016).…”

Section: Government Financial Support and Green Product Innovationmentioning

confidence: 99%

Conceptual Framework of Green-Building Adoption Among Construction Companies in Saudi Arabia: The Effect of Proactive Entrepreneurial Behavior, Green Product Innovation, and Government Support

Alkahtani

Nordin

2020

IJIM

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Saudi Arabia is facing the rising of the global population and high resource use. The country needs to inculcate the adoption of sustainable practices, i.e. green building practices. However, adopting green building practices for a sustainable future requires fundamental changes in the way contractors build houses. This paper endeavours to conceptualize the elements that contribute to the adoption of green building among the contraction companies in Riyadh. Literature reviews and government document reviews are used for the conceptualization of the framework. Based on the resource-based view theory, the factors are conceptualized with small and medium-sized enterprise contractors as the subject of focus. This paper proposes that green builders or the construction companies’ internal resources, i.e. proactive entrepreneurial behaviour, are hypothesized to influence green building adoption. However, risk-taking and green product innovation are proposed to mediate the relationships. These factors are moderated by Saudi Arabian government support, financial and non-financial. By addressing these factors regarding green building practices, Saudi Arabia would be able to achieve sustainable development in the housing of its citizens.

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Interactions Among Factors Influencing Product Innovation and Innovation Behaviour: Market Orientation, Managerial Ties, and Government Support

Cited by 49 publications

References 106 publications

The differential effects of government support, inter-firm collaboration and firm resources on SME performance in a developing economy

The differential effects of government support, inter-firm collaboration and firm resources on SME performance in a developing economy

Strategy Orientation, Innovation Capacity Endowment, and International R&D Intensity of Listed Companies in China

Conceptual Framework of Green-Building Adoption Among Construction Companies in Saudi Arabia: The Effect of Proactive Entrepreneurial Behavior, Green Product Innovation, and Government Support

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