Leaders’ social ties, knowledge acquisition capability and firm competitive advantage

Wu, Jie; Chen, Xiaoyun

doi:10.1007/s10490-011-9278-0

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“…Further, in an increasingly market-driven environment, the impact of strategic initiatives aimed at boosting firms' competitive advantage is straightforward (Wu & Chen, 2012;Xu, Huang, & Gao, 2012;Zhou & Li, 2007). From a resource-based standpoint, firms able to embark on strategic initiatives possess valuable, rare, and hard-to-imitate capabilities that may differentiate them from those unable to do so (Barney, 1991).…”

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Managerial ties, strategic initiatives, and firm performance in Central Asia and the Caucasus

Ismail

Ford

et al. 2012

Asia Pac J Manag

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Managerial ties are an area commanding managers' attention in emerging economies. However, no previous study has drawn on cross-country data to address a crucial question: Are more developed market-supporting institutions associated with less use of managerial ties in emerging economies? Further, to strive for better performance, firms also need to develop market-based strategic initiatives. How do these initiatives impact performance? What role do managerial ties play in the relationship? Addressing these questions, this article extends research on managerial ties in emerging economies to an underexplored region-Central Asia and the Caucasus.

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Managerial ties, strategic initiatives, and firm performance in Central Asia and the Caucasus

Ismail

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Asia Pac J Manag

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“…As mentioned in the previous literature review, most scholars classify it into two dimensions, business guanxi and political guanxi. Wu and Chen [68] designed the indicators of business guanxi as "good interpersonal relationships with suppliers, customers, and distributors." Liu et al [69] designed the indicators of business guanxi as "to have strong capabilities to build good relationships with customers, suppliers, and competitors."…”

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“…ere are also many indicators designed for political guanxi. Wu and Chen [68] designed the indicators of political guanxi as "good interpersonal relationships with government officials and relevant government departments." Fan [71] designed the indicators of political guanxi as "to establish good relations with influential government officials and project-related government officials and to take actions to maintain good relations with government officials."…”

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The Moderating Effect of Guanxi on the Dynamic Capacity and Competitive Advantage of Chinese International Contractors

Lin

Chen²,

Chen

et al. 2018

Advances in Civil Engineering

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With the active support of the national policy "One Belt and One Road" Initiative, Chinese contractors seized this historic opportunity to accelerate strategic globalization, and they gradually stood out in international construction projects owing to their low-cost advantage. However, despite China having large-scale contractors and wide-range business, compared to developed countries, a considerably large gap still exists. China is confronted with complex and changeable international projects filled with increasing competition. us, it is both a focus issue and a major task for Chinese international contractors, and many scholars, to consider how Chinese contractors can obtain and maintain long-term competitive advantages to improve their capabilities in response to dynamic environmental changes. erefore, the objectives of this study are (1) to study the influence of the dynamic capability of Chinese contractors on competitive advantage in a project and (2) to explore the moderating effect of Chinese guanxi on the dynamic capability and competitive advantage of Chinese international contractors.is study primarily aimed at researching the impact of dynamic capacity of Chinese contractors on competitive advantage and the moderating effects of Chinese guanxi. e findings suggest that the environmental perception capability and the integration and coordination capability of the dynamic capability have a significant positive effect on the project competitive advantage; business guanxi positively moderates the relationship between the environmental perception capability and the competitive advantage. Business guanxi also negatively moderates the relationship between learning ability and competitive advantage, while political guanxi negatively moderates the relationship between the environmental perception capability and competitive advantage. is paper contributes to the construction management literature not only by providing empirical evidence on the dynamic capability and competitive advantage of Chinese contractors but also by expanding guanxi research. e results may also help Chinese contractors by providing strategic reform guidance and sustainable development in international construction projects.

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“…These differences are especially evident between developed economies with strong, legitimate supporting formal institutions and emerging economies that are generally characterized by a void of such institutions (Li, He, Lan, & Yiu, 2012;Wu & Chen, 2012). Our goal is that this Special Issue will encourage further research on the use of favors in a global economy that are important for both theory and practice.…”

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Managing favors in a global economy

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Leaders’ social ties, knowledge acquisition capability and firm competitive advantage

Cited by 85 publications

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Managerial ties, strategic initiatives, and firm performance in Central Asia and the Caucasus

Managerial ties, strategic initiatives, and firm performance in Central Asia and the Caucasus

The Moderating Effect of Guanxi on the Dynamic Capacity and Competitive Advantage of Chinese International Contractors

Managing favors in a global economy

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