Effect of knowledge resources on innovation and the mediating role of dynamic capabilities: case of medical tourism sector in Iran

Edgar, Gerry; Kharazmi, Amirali; Behzadi, Sedigheh; Kharazmi, Omid Ali

doi:10.1108/ejim-05-2022-0238

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“…Because tourism was among the business sectors most negatively affected by the COVID-19 pandemic (Senbeto and Hon, 2020), TSMEs were chosen for this investigation. Also, most DC studies dealt with the production sector, with few focused on service companies such as those in tourism (Edgar et al , 2022). Wided (2022) argued that DCs were vital for achieving sustainable tourism.…”

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Dynamic capabilities and SMEs competitiveness: the moderating effect of market turbulence

Al Dhaheri,

Ahmad,

Abu Bakar

et al. 2023

JABS

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Purpose This study aims to examine the effectiveness of individual dynamic capabilities (DC) constructs and whether they had comparable effects on a company’s competitiveness in market turbulence (MT). This study used quantitative methods to determine how the DC elements, sensing, learning, integrating and coordinating, influenced competitiveness, with the moderating role of MT during a real-time crisis. Design/methodology/approach Survey data was gathered from 426 tourism small and medium-sized enterprises (TSMEs) in the United Arab Emirates and analyzed quantitatively. Findings The study found that not all DC constructs were equally important in promoting competitiveness. TSMEs’ survival depended more on sensing and integrating capabilities than learning and coordinating capabilities, and on how these capabilities were used by managers or owners of TSMEs. The study found no moderation effect of MT. Research limitations/implications The generalizability of the results was hindered by the study’s focus on TSMEs in a single geographic location. The reasons for lack of proper mobilization of DCs constructs were not explored, but the data on the relative efficacy of DC constructs during a crisis significantly contributed to the literature. Originality/value This study emphasized ways that companies could improve firm competitiveness during a crisis by deploying DCs to optimize operations. The implications for research, practical aspects and limitations are presented and discussed.

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Dynamic capabilities and SMEs competitiveness: the moderating effect of market turbulence

Al Dhaheri,

Ahmad,

Abu Bakar

et al. 2023

JABS

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“…Moreover, industrial integration has become a new driving force for promoting the evolution of tourism industry models and formats (Lu, 2011). Research on the integration of the tourism industry has gradually refined and matured, and the content has become more and more extensive, such as the integration of tourism and the cultural industry (Bordoni, 2011), sports industry (Zhu, 2022) and medical industry (Edgar et al, 2022;Parekh et al, 2021). Due to the different integration parties, the integration development models also vary.…”

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The coupling and coordination relationship of the digital economy and tourism industry from the perspective of industrial integration

Wang

Sun

2022

EJIM

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PurposeThe digital economy has become a key force supporting the high-quality development of tourism. This paper discusses the coupling coordination relationship and spatiotemporal evolution path of digital economy and tourism in China's provinces.Design/methodology/approachThis paper uses the entropy method to measure the development level of digital economy and tourism, and establishes coupling coordination model and spatial autocorrelation model to study the interaction between the two industries.FindingsResults show that the development levels of the two industries are rising, which spatially show a progressively decreasing pattern of east-middle-northeast-west. The coupling coordination degrees of the two industries have increased steadily, but the overall level is still near maladjusted. Spatially, the positive correlation is increasing, but the incongruity of spatial agglomeration is still significant. The coupling coordination evolution path in the provinces shows differentiated characteristics. The migration path is mainly concentrated in Zones I and II. The eastern region has an obvious trend of extending to Zone III, where the tourism industry was the most affected by the pandemic.Practical implicationsThe study helps clarify the industrial coupling and coordination relationship in various regions and formulate regional tourism digital transformation strategies to promote the high-quality development of China's tourism industry.Originality/valueThis paper enriches the research on the relationship between digital economy and tourism from the perspective of industrial integration. The development commonality of China's tourism digital transformation summarized provides theoretical reference and demonstration for the coordinated development of China's tourism.

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Green Innovation Adoption in Turkish and Iranian SMEs: The Effect of Dynamic Capabilities and the Mediating Role of Absorptive Capacity

Çeli̇k,

Yildiz,

Aykanat

et al. 2024

J Knowl Econ

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Green innovation (GI) adoption of small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) especially in middle-income economies plays a significant role to reduce negative impacts of environmental issues and to gain competitive advantage. The main objective of the present paper is to examine the mediating role of absorptive capacity (ACAP) on the relationship between dynamic capabilities (DC) and GI adoption in the context of Turkish and Iranian SMEs, two middle-income economies. For this purpose, a well-established online questionnaire is administered to 296 top executives of Turkish and Iranian SMEs operating in energy industry, a highly dynamic market. Using Hayes Process Macro Model, the results of this paper reveal that ACAP has a significant effect on GI adoption of Iranian SMEs but this effect of ACAP is insignificant in terms of Turkish SMEs. The empirical evidence obtained from the present paper also puts forward that DC positively influnce GI adoption in Turkish SMEs, however, the corresponding relationship is not significant for Iranian counterparts. For both middle-income economies, ACAP has a statistically significant mediating role on the relationship between DC and GI adoption of SMEs. Strategic alliances engagement and governmental incentives on GI investments are recommended to overcome certain barriers of SMEs including resource shortages and to improve ACAP and DC that enhance GI adoption of Turkish and Iranian SMEs in the future. As far as is known, this is the first study that compares possible antecedents of SMEs’ GI adoption in two middle-income economies.

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Effect of knowledge resources on innovation and the mediating role of dynamic capabilities: case of medical tourism sector in Iran

Cited by 6 publications

References 129 publications

Dynamic capabilities and SMEs competitiveness: the moderating effect of market turbulence

Dynamic capabilities and SMEs competitiveness: the moderating effect of market turbulence

The coupling and coordination relationship of the digital economy and tourism industry from the perspective of industrial integration

Green Innovation Adoption in Turkish and Iranian SMEs: The Effect of Dynamic Capabilities and the Mediating Role of Absorptive Capacity

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