Innovativeness in Brazilian startups: the effect of the absorptive capacity and environmental dynamism

Carvalho, Carlos Eduardo; Rossetto, Carlos Ricardo; Piekas, Andrezza Aparecida Saraiva

doi:10.1504/ijil.2021.10033583

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“…We found that intellectual capital and absorptive capacity play an important role in the development and success of start-ups. This confirms the previous findings reported by Carvalho et al ( 2021 ). The analysis of the data provided validation for our theoretical arguments and fully supported the hypotheses.…”

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“…Absorptive capacity plays an important role in reducing the vulnerability of start-up companies and improving their ability to exploit shared resources (Yuan et al 2022 ). Absorptive capacity has been found to have a positive impact on innovation and adaptation in start-ups (Carvalho et al 2021 ). Accordingly, the following hypothesis is posited:…”

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Betting on the future: how to build antifragility in innovative start-up companies

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While after a crisis, organizational robustness and resilience are associated with the return to pre-shock conditions, antifragility is characterized by the tendency to take advantage of the shock to improve the organization’s position. Understanding how to create antifragility is important to ensure rapid recovery from a crisis. This is especially true for innovative start-ups, which if they are particularly fragile also have the opportunity to improve their unstable situation by adapting to the new context. However, studies on the subject are rare. To fill this gap, a survey was carried out with 181 Italian innovative start-ups to investigate the relationship between antifragility and intangible resources, tangible surplus resources, and absorptive capacity. The results show that antifragility is supported by a combination of tangible and intangible resources that can help innovative start-ups thrive when other organizations succumb.

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The Relationship Between Information Sharing, Absorptive Capacity, Supply Chain Innovativeness and Performance

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DEMİRCİ

2022

DOUJ

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In today's changing conditions, supply chain provides firms with many advantages in terms of such as cost, speed and quality. In this respect, the investigation of the factors that increase supply chain performance presents important findings to both the literature and practitioners. The aim of this study is to examine the relationships between information sharing, absorptive capacity, supply chain innovativeness, and supply chain performance. For this purpose, data were collected from 194 middle and senior managers in firms in Kocaeli through questionnaires. As a result of the analyzes carried out, it has been determined that information sharing is positively associated with absorptive capacity, but not with supply chain innovativeness. It is also concluded that absorptive capacity is positively related to supply chain innovativeness and supply chain innovativeness is positively related to supply chain performance.

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Modelling the relationships between the business environment, entrepreneurial orientation and employment growth amongst small, medium and micro-enterprises in South Africa

Dele-Ijagbulu

Moos

Eresia-Eke

2021

South African Journal of Business Management

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Purpose: This study seeks to model the nexus between environmental dynamism, environmental hostility, five sub-dimensions of entrepreneurial orientation (EO) (innovativeness, pro-activeness, risk-taking, competitive aggressiveness and autonomy) and employment growth.Design/methodology/approach: Based on a positivist research philosophy, this study adopts a quantitative methodological approach, which entails an online survey. Data is obtained through probability sampling of 1031 small, medium and micro enterprise businesses (SMMEs) and analysed using structural equation modelling (SEM).Findings/results: The findings reveal only four dimensions namely proactive-innovation, risk-taking, competitive aggressiveness, and autonomy as statistically visible, which is contrary to five as postulated in theory. In addition, it was found that the relationships between environmental hostility, environmental dynamism and the dimensions of EO were statistically significant. Conversely, the relationships between the dimensions of EO and employment growth were statistically insignificant except within the category of medium-sized businesses (MSBs) in which proactive-innovation and competitive aggressiveness indicated a statistically significant negative association with employment growth.Practical implications: A dynamic and hostile environment is essential to increased entrepreneurial intensity among SMMEs, but the size of the firm can be a determinant in their capacity for employment generation.Originality/value: The association between EO and employment growth has attracted less attention in research despite its theoretical and practical significance. Furthermore, studies on the antecedents of EO such as its relationship with environmental dynamism and hostility are limited. Following a multidimensional approach to EO, this empirical study illustrates its relationship with employment growth incorporating the component of the business environment. Regarding the plausibility of these associations, it distinguishes MSBs from the other categories of businesses within the SMME cohort.

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Innovativeness in Brazilian startups: the effect of the absorptive capacity and environmental dynamism

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Betting on the future: how to build antifragility in innovative start-up companies

Betting on the future: how to build antifragility in innovative start-up companies

The Relationship Between Information Sharing, Absorptive Capacity, Supply Chain Innovativeness and Performance

Modelling the relationships between the business environment, entrepreneurial orientation and employment growth amongst small, medium and micro-enterprises in South Africa

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