Behind Acquisitions of Alliance Partners: Exploratory Learning and Network Embeddedness

Yang, Haibin; Lin, Zhiang; Peng, Mike W.

doi:10.5465/amj.2007.0767

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“…Likewise, the embeddedness in a secondary stakeholder network enables companies to absorb CSR-directed knowledge. The acquisition and processing of new knowledge is higher when the company is embedded in a dense network of stakeholders [17] and when its network position is central [60]. As such, embeddedness in a secondary stakeholder network is an activation trigger of CSR-directed absorptive capacity.…”

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Learning from Stakeholder Pressure and Embeddedness: The Roles of Absorptive Capacity in the Corporate Social Responsibility of Dutch Agribusinesses

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2016

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Abstract:In spite of much research on corporate social responsibility (CSR) responses to secondary stakeholders (i.e., social movements, activists, media, civil society and non-governmental organizations), the debate on how companies learn from pressure and collaboration with these societal groups is still open. Building upon stakeholder and knowledge management theories, this paper analyzes how secondary stakeholder pressure and embeddedness influence agribusiness companies' absorptive capacity and their CSR strategies. Data are obtained from 152 Dutch agribusiness company managers. The results highlight that, first, absorptive capacity influences companies' new product innovation, product positioning and organizational innovation to be more oriented towards CSR. Second, stakeholder embeddedness of agribusiness companies triggers absorptive capacity more than pressure from them. Third, stakeholder pressure and embeddedness also have direct (i.e., not mediated by companies' absorptive capacity) yet weaker effects on CSR organizational innovation and product positioning. Findings corroborate the idea that firms develop innovative CSR strategies when they combine internal reflection processes and partnerships with secondary stakeholders.

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Learning from Stakeholder Pressure and Embeddedness: The Roles of Absorptive Capacity in the Corporate Social Responsibility of Dutch Agribusinesses

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2016

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“…It is further related to social capital resource types, such as ties with other firms and ties with government (Li et al 2014). Firms with exploratory learning in alliances will likely benefit from their structural position in an open network (Yang et al 2011). A greater firm's orientation to exploratory learning is expected to lead to higher economic and financial performance by supporting the development of collaborative relationships with international partners and the access to new resources and knowledge.…”

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The moderating effect of exploitative and exploratory learning on internationalisation–performance relationship in SMEs

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Apa

2015

J Int Entrep

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The internationalisation of small and medium enterprises (SMEs) is an increasing phenomenon but the effective advantages of internationalisation have been disputed yet. This study extends internationalisation research by focusing on learning perspective to investigate the relationship between firm's internationalisation and performance. Specifically, a path regression model is applied to examine how exploitative and exploratory learning is able to moderate SMEs' exporting process to drive business performance. The differences in organisational learning are further investigated compared to domestic firms. The findings suggest exploitation does not affect SMEs' internationalisationperformance link but it is likely a critical antecedent to efficiently move to global markets, while exploration plays a significant role to positively leverage the effect of international involvement on business performance. Second abstractAunque la internacionalizaciòn de las pequeñas y medianas empresas (PYME) es un fenomeno cada vez màs extendido, todavia hay muchas dudas sobre sus reales beneficios en terminos de rendimientos financieros. Este estudio contribuye a la investigación sobre la internacionalizaciòn analizando la relaciòn entre la internacionalizaciòn y el rendimiento desde una perspectiva basada en el aprendizaje. En primer lugar, se ha realizado una comparaciòn entre empresas internacionales y empresas locales para evaluar la existencia de diferentes niveles de aprendizaje. Despuès, un modelo de análisis de senderos ha sido implementado para estudiar el rol del aprendizaje de explotación y exploración para moderar el Forthcoming in Journal of International Entrepreneurship2 efecto del proceso de exportaciòn de los rendimientos de las PYME. Los resultados demuestran, por una parte, que el aprendizaje de explotación no afecta en la relaciòn entre la internacionalizaciòn y el rendimiento y podria ser màs bien una condiciòn previa para acceder al mercado global, y por otro lado, al contrario, el aprendizaje de exploración favorecido del aumento de la implicaciòn internacional genera efectos positivos sobre los rendimientos financieros de empresas Keywords Internationalisation, exporting, exploitative and exploratory learning, business performance, SMEs. Summary HighlightsContributions: Since the uncertainty related to internationalisation-performance relationship for both small and large businesses, this study focuses on SMEs' internationalisation in order to examine the role of exploitative and exploratory learning in leveraging the effect of exporting process on financial performance. Purpose/Research Question: Does international involvement of SMEs affect their business performance? What is the role of learning on internationalisationperformance link? Are the exporting SMEs more learning oriented than domestic ones? And, more specifically, how does the exploitative and exploratory learning moderate the effect of SMEs' exporting on business performance? Findings/Results: Path regression model is implemented to te...

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“…A key assumption of this perspective is that firms are not autonomous but instead are embedded within networks of relationships (Davis and Greve, 1997;Granovetter, 1985;Yang, Lin, and Peng, 2011). We suggest that both the extent to which a firm engages in boundary stretching practices and its propensity to do so via symbolic management are contingent on its structural position within its social network.…”

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Social network contingency, symbolic management, and boundary stretching

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Behind Acquisitions of Alliance Partners: Exploratory Learning and Network Embeddedness

Cited by 164 publications

References 59 publications

Learning from Stakeholder Pressure and Embeddedness: The Roles of Absorptive Capacity in the Corporate Social Responsibility of Dutch Agribusinesses

Learning from Stakeholder Pressure and Embeddedness: The Roles of Absorptive Capacity in the Corporate Social Responsibility of Dutch Agribusinesses

The moderating effect of exploitative and exploratory learning on internationalisation–performance relationship in SMEs

Social network contingency, symbolic management, and boundary stretching

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