Improving SME performance through organizational memory

Kmieciak, Roman

doi:10.1108/jocm-01-2019-0003

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“…Further, our results show that international exploration and international exploitation mediate the positive effects of RE and EMO on NPD. The findings support the argument that internationalized enterprises should improve dynamic internationalization capability through building closed connections with partners as well as through other social relations to obtain new knowledge and facilitating behaviors to collect information about markets and customers in order to provide new/novel products and services (Kmieciak, 2019), all of which serve as critically important sources of NPD. This study makes substantial contributions to organizational learning theory, proposing the concept of dynamic capability in combination with international marketing.…”

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How Do the Determinants of New Product Development Matter in the International Context? The Moderating Role of Learning Orientation

Peng¹,

Shao²

2021

JOC

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New product development provides a resource for enterprises to gain competitiveness, especially for enterprises that are exploring the international market. It is necessary to understand how the strategic behaviors, cultures, and capabilities of international enterprises are critical factors in improving innovation and new product development. From an external perspective this study argues that firms can facilitate the development of dynamic internationalization capabilities through knowledge acquisition in the organizational learning literature via social networks. The purpose of this study is to explore the relationship among relational embeddedness, export market orientation, dynamic internationalization capability and new product development, as well as the moderating effect of learning orientation. This study empirically verifies its research framework from 217 Taiwanese internationalized enterprises. Partial least squares structural equation modeling is used to detect the relationships between the variables in the model. Many items must be taken into consideration regarding specific facet scales. Our research results confirm previous studies that indicate positive correlations between relational embeddedness and international exploration as well as export market orientation. The results also suggest that international exploration and international exploitation have positive effects on new product development. Learning orientation plays a moderating role in terms of the relationships among relational embeddedness, export market orientation, international exploration, international exploitation, and new product development. Based on the empirical results, research conclusions and theoretical implications are proposed.

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How Do the Determinants of New Product Development Matter in the International Context? The Moderating Role of Learning Orientation

Peng¹,

Shao²

2021

JOC

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“…Furthermore, taking up at least some facets of social constructionist perspectives would also help functional studies on organizational memory account for the mechanisms behind the mnemonic operations they observe such as the actual material practices that constitute these operations (see Blagoev et al, 2018). Finally, while recent functional research has looked into general tendencies related to organizational memory (Fiedler & Welpe, 2010; Kmieciak, 2019; Kyriakopoulos, 2011), the specific conditions under which these tendencies are confirmed in some organizations, but not in others, remain largely unclear. More in-depth case studies, in the vein of Kameo’s (2017) ethnographic study of software engineers’ utilization of organizational memory, are thus called for.…”

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confidence: 99%

“…Fiedler and Welpe (2010)’s empirical study has generated further discussion on the effect of organizational structure on the utility of memory (e.g. Kmieciak, 2019).…”

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Organizational Memory Studies

Foroughi

Coraiola

Rintamäki

et al. 2020

Organization Studies

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This paper provides an overview and discussion of the rapidly growing literature on Organizational Memory Studies (OMS). We define OMS as an inquiry into the ways that remembering and forgetting shape, and are shaped by, organizations and organizing processes. The contribution of this article is threefold. We briefly review what we understand by organizational memory and explore some key debates and points of contestation in the field. Second, we identify four different perspectives that have been developed in OMS (functional, interpretive, critical and performative) and expand upon each perspective by showcasing articles published over the past decade. In particular, we examine four papers previously published in Organization Studies to show the distinctiveness of each perspective. Finally, we identify a number of areas for future research to facilitate the future development of OMS.

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“…Open-mindedness, which encourages questioning existing thoughts and practices, being open to new opportunities, sharing ideas and evaluating different perspectives, can be depicted as a tendency to take into account new and different views for the individual; nonetheless in the context of organizations it refers to creating an environment where the search for new knowledge and its adoption is valued (Cegarra-Navarro & Sanchez-Polo, 2011;Wensley et al, 2011). As openminded employees are more creative and innovative, open-mindedness is a sought qualification in employees (Kmieciak, 2019). Obviously, to keep the organization alive the management team must be open to new opportunities (Dukeov et al, 2020).…”

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The Role of Network Learning Capability in the Relationship between Open Mindedness and Innovation Performance

Çemberci

Civelek

Gürol

et al. 2021

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Learning, which is the main key of innovation, is an indispensable element for companies to gain sustainable competitive advantage. Although not being adequately studied in management literature, network learning capability, a type of organizational learning ability, is a determining factor in the innovation process. Likewise, open-mindedness is a component that accelerates the creation of knowledge in the organization as well as encouraging the organization to be open towards new opportunities and to value different opinions. In this study, a model including these variables was designed and the mediator role of network learning in the relationship between open-mindedness and innovation performance was explored. It is suggested that open-mindedness has a positive effect on innovation performance and that network learning capability possesses a mediator role in this relationship. The data were collected through surveys answered by the middle and senior managers of Turkey’s leading companies. As a result, it is pointed out that there is a positive and significant relationship between open-mindedness and innovation performance, and that network learning has a mediator effect on this relationship. This study adds value to the management literature by highlighting the momentousness of network learning capability in the innovation process as well as offering several avenues of future studies and implications for different stakeholders.

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Improving SME performance through organizational memory

Cited by 27 publications

References 85 publications

How Do the Determinants of New Product Development Matter in the International Context? The Moderating Role of Learning Orientation

How Do the Determinants of New Product Development Matter in the International Context? The Moderating Role of Learning Orientation

Organizational Memory Studies

The Role of Network Learning Capability in the Relationship between Open Mindedness and Innovation Performance

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