Leadership Styles, Absorptive Capacity and Firm's Innovation

Abstract

The aim of this article is to investigate the relationship between leadership styles, absorptive capacity and firm's innovation in the Jordanian Pharmaceutical sector. It is a knowledge-intensive industry and one where effective leadership has been very substantial. Findings reveal that transformational leadership style and transactional leadership style are antecedents to absorptive capacity and a firm's innovation. The results confirm a significant and direct relationship between both leadership styles and firm innovation, and indirectly through absorptive capacity. Overall, the research's findings provide valuable insights for managers to foster absorptive capacity and innovation of their firms.

Radical innovation, incremental innovation, and competitive advantage, the moderating role of technological intensity: evidence from the manufacturing sector in Jordan

“…The Jordanian industrial company sector is considered one of the most active and growing sectors in the Jordanian economy. The Jordanian manufacturing sector is characterized by the prosperity of several industries with a high knowledge intensity, such as the pharmaceutical industry (Yaseen et al, 2018;Yaseen, 2019). The Jordanian manufacturing sector has attracted the attention of managers and specialists to the importance of innovation.…”

“…competitive advantage in Jordan's manufacturing, which is an important economic sector. Manufacturing sectors are characterized as one of the most competitive and diversified industries in terms of innovation (Al-Omoush et al, 2018), especially because this sector involves several firms within a knowledge-intensive industry (Yaseen et al, 2018).…”

“…3.1 The relationship between radical innovation, incremental innovation and competitive advantage In the empirical literature, innovation has been recognized as a main and vital cause of competitive advantage (Distanont and Khongmalai, 2020;Lin et al, 2013;Yaseen et al, 2016Yaseen et al, , 2018. Innovative activities are necessary to ensure the continuity of the organizations' work in a quickly changing competitive environment (Lennerts et al, 2020;Raisch and Birkinshaw, 2008).…”

“…Therefore, this research paper aims to identify the effects of radical innovation and incremental innovation on competitive advantage and identify the moderating role of technological intensity in the relationship between radical innovation and incremental innovation on competitive advantage in Jordan’s manufacturing, which is an important economic sector. Manufacturing sectors are characterized as one of the most competitive and diversified industries in terms of innovation (Al-Omoush et al , 2018), especially because this sector involves several firms within a knowledge-intensive industry (Yaseen et al , 2018).…”

The Impact of Brand Equity of Global Pharmaceutical Companies on Prescriptions Decisions of Physicians in Jordan: The Moderating Role the Performance of Medical Representatives

“…Brand equity is one of the sources for creating a competitive advantage for global companies (Kim et al, 2011). Pharmaceutical companies are considered knowledge-intensive industries (Yaseen et al, 2018), and the brand image and brand equity play a significant role in changing the behaviours related to the purchasing intent of physicians and patients, as previous studies have shown, so brand equity has a big role in increasing companies' sales to achieve market share and increase profit (Jing et al, 2014).…”