Knowledge management and innovation strategy in the Asia Pacific: Toward an institution-based view

Abstract

Knowledge management, Innovation, Institution-based view, Legitimacy,

Explaining factors affecting individual innovation: The case of producer group members in Thailand

“…One shortcoming of existing innovation research is the tendency to study innovation at the organizational level and be limited to only a single level of analysis (Anderson et al, 2004;Yuan, 2005). In addition, as noted by Lu et al (2008), research on knowledge management and innovation based on an institution-based view in the Asia Pacific region is still in a developmental stage, and the results of our examination of the link between group's local knowledge management and group members' innovation also fulfill the gap of existing research in this area.…”

“…First, this study is among the first attempts to hypothesize and test the links between knowledge management and individual innovation based on the institution-based view and multilevel theory. Research in this area in the Asia Pacific is still in a developmental stage (Lu, Tsang, & Peng, 2008). Second, within a Thai context, findings will help to clarify the process by which group and individual factors are affecting group member innovation, and will point out directions for improving the innovation development activities for Thai community product producer groups.…”

Redes, inovação e desempenho exportador: uma abordagem institucional

“…5 Resultados e desempenho = estatutos; decisões administrativas, natureza, quantidade e qualidade dos produtos industriais (Hollingsworth, 1991(Hollingsworth, , 1997; desempenho setorial e da sociedade (Hollingsworth & Streeck, 1994;Hollingsworth, Hage, & Hanneman, 1990;Hollingsworth & Hanneman, 1982 Utilizando como referência os itens propostos por Hollingsworth (2000), pode-se estimar que o quadro institucional também exerça efeito sobre o desempenho exportador das empresas, por meio de mecanismos como: grau de sofisticação dos mercados, com efeito sobre os padrões de qualidade dos produtos (Porter, 1999;Roper & Love, 2002), padrões culturais e de negociações (Kshetri, 2007), estabelecimento e finalidade das redes de cooperação (Zhou et al, 2007), existência de incentivos formais para internacionalização (Diegues & Roselino, 2006), padrões de gestão do conhecimento e estratégias de inovação (Lu, Tsang, & Peng, 2008), estratégias de internacionalização como resultado da pressão mimética (Cheng & Yu, 2008), por exemplo. Adicionalmente, estudos anteriores relatam uma relação entre a importância das redes de relacionamento e a existência de instituições fortes em um país (Meyer, Estrin, Bhaumik, & Peng, 2009;Zhou et al, 2007).…”

Strategic management in private and family businesses

“…Studies of strategic management in Asian societies have enriched the strategy literature by acknowledging the importance of contextual factors to strategy research (Li & Peng, 2008;Lu, Tsang, & Peng, 2008). As Xu and Meyer (2013) note, strategy research in emerging economies, including Asia Pacific regions, have encountered four main challenges in terms of (1) less efficient markets, (2) dominance of governments as both rule makers and players in economic activities, (3) preference for network-based behaviors, and (4) high risk and uncertainty caused by high volatility of key economic, political, and institutional variables.…”

“…Compared with earlier studies of organizations by identifying the importance of institutions in the formation of organizational structure and business practices (Orrù, Biggart, & Hamilton, 1997;Whitley, 1990), recent research has further advanced the strategy literature through the examination of how contextual factors and institutional variables shape and influence firm strategy making and execution (Au, 2007;Chu, 2011;Filatotchev, Zhang, & Piesse, 2011;Huang, Chen, & Kao, 2012;Li & Peng, 2008;Lu et al, 2008;Peng, Bhagat, & Chang, 2010;Xu & Meyer, 2013;Yang & Terjesen, 2007).…”