Absorptive capacity and firm performance: The mediating role of strategic agility

Kale, Emine; Aknar, Ahmet; Başar, Özlem

doi:10.1016/j.ijhm.2018.09.010

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“…Capabilities perspective Kale et al (2019) Strategic agility is a mediator to improve firm performance.…”

Section: Dynamic Capabilitymentioning

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The influence of strategic agility on firm performance

Lungu

2020

Proceedings of the International Conference on Business Excellence

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The business environment is becoming more dynamic, reaching new milestones driven by technology and innnovation. As companies are transforming, the competition in the IT sector is increasing. This is translated into uncertainty and a higher focus on setting the right strategic direction of the company. The IT sector has been a driver of change and innovation for the economy. It is on a continous exponential trend, setting new directions for the business environment. Given so, the literature highlights the importance of strategic agility as a tool of increased firm performance and improved results. The current paper points out how strategic agility is influencing the peformance of a company. To outline the findings of the paper, the author uses a quantitative and qualitative analysis. Based on the literature we focus on understanding on the connection between strategic agility, transformation and firm peformance. The author will perform a statistical analysis based on collected primary data. To capture the opinion of the respondents, the author has created a survey and shared it with IT professionals who are part of IT organizations in Romania. Their responses will be analyzed and transposed into a regression model. As a result, the paper will help us bridge the literature with a real-case analysis applied on the IT sector in Romania. The outcome of the paper might serve as a reference for those who want to invest in the Romanian IT sector or who want to open-up an IT company in Romania.

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“…Capabilities perspective Kale et al (2019) Strategic agility is a mediator to improve firm performance.…”

Section: Dynamic Capabilitymentioning

confidence: 99%

The influence of strategic agility on firm performance

Lungu

2020

Proceedings of the International Conference on Business Excellence

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“…Prior research has analyzed the moderating role of absorptive capacity in the relationship between entrepreneurial orientation and firm sales growth [39]. Strategic agility (related to corporate entrepreneurship) is also analyzed for its mediating role in the relationship between absorptive capacity and firm performance [40,41]. This means that there should be a dynamic relationship between knowledge absorptive capacity and the entrepreneurial capability that organizations develop [42], making it crucial to study both capacities in combination to analyze the joint effects they can have on performance.…”

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Combined Influence of Absorptive Capacity and Corporate Entrepreneurship on Performance

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Drawing on a dynamic capabilities perspective and a resource-based view, this article analyzes the relationship between absorptive capacity and corporate entrepreneurship, and their combined effect on organizations’ performance. It contributes to the literature by dissociating the dimensions of absorptive capacity (potential and realized) and corporate entrepreneurship (innovativeness, proactiveness, new business venturing, and self-renewal). A quantitative study was performed with data gathered by personal interviews, using a structured questionnaire. The theoretical model was estimated through a structural equation model, using a sample of 168 Spanish firms. The results show that proactiveness positively influences innovativeness and that both proactiveness and innovativeness have a positive influence on potential and realized absorptive capacity. A significant positive relationship also exists between potential and realized absorptive capacity. Furthermore, realized absorptive capacity positively influences new business venturing and self-renewal. Finally, proactiveness and new business venturing directly and positively influence organizational performance, but not innovativeness and self-renewal. The study demonstrates that entrepreneurs must be able to enhance potential and realize absorptive capacities at the same time in order to improve the end performance of their corporate entrepreneurial projects. Both absorptive capacities are strongly related to corporate entrepreneurial activities and have a strong influence on firms’ performance.

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“…14-15). Considering the importance of agility for firms operating in fast changing environments, the concept was extended to other adjacent literatures such as: human resource management (e.g., Ahmmad, Glaister & Gomes, 2019;Cunha, Gomes, Mellahi, Miner, & Rego, 2019;Lewis, Andriopoulos, & Smith, 2014); international business (e.g., Fourné, Jansen, & Mom, 2014); tourism and hospitality (e.g., Kale, Aknar, & Başar, 2019); organizational behavior (e.g., Carmeli, Zivan, Gomes, & Markman, 2017); and mergers and acquisitions (e.g., Junni, Sarala, Tarba, & Weber, 2015). However, to date little or no attempt has been made to extend the topic to the international marketing arena.…”

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International marketing agility: conceptualization and research agenda

Gomes

Sousa

Vendrell‐Herrero

2020

IMR

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PurposeThe aim of this paper is to conceptualize the notion of international marketing agility.Design/methodology/approachThe approach adopted is to review and create a synopsis of the existing body of research on strategic agility and develop a conceptualization on how international marketing agility (IMA) should be analyzed.FindingsInternational marketing agility is an emerging concept driven largely by rapid changes in global markets. There is a growing need for exporting SMEs and multinational enterprises to consider IMA as a means of building competitive advantage in foreign markets.Research implications/limitationsWhile the conceptual development presented in this paper is not exhaustive, our model highlights important research avenues in IMA that need exploring.Originality/valueThis article examines an emerging concept in international marketing that serves as a platform to cope with the changes taking place in this fast-changing global environment. A framework is proposed where we conceptualize IMA as a process triggered by agile logic (a nonconformist and open mental stance) and facilitated by agile learning (being able to search and interpret data), to cause agile actions (being able to commit, co-ordinate and respond quickly with flexibility to ever-changing conditions).

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Absorptive capacity and firm performance: The mediating role of strategic agility

Cited by 155 publications

References 63 publications

The influence of strategic agility on firm performance

The influence of strategic agility on firm performance

Combined Influence of Absorptive Capacity and Corporate Entrepreneurship on Performance

International marketing agility: conceptualization and research agenda

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