Model of Absorptive Capacity and Implementation of New Technology for Rural Construction SMEs

Kamal, Ernawati Mustafa; Flanagan, Roger

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“…According to Cohen and Levinthal (1990), corporate performance is linked to the learning capabilities of an organization or its "absorptive capacity". As Adler (1965), Kamal and Flanagan (2014) and Kocoglu et al (2015) explained, the concept of absorptive capacity originates from macroeconomics where it refers to the ability of an economy to effectively utilize its capital resources. Cohen and Levinthal (1990, p. 128) and Minbaeva et al (2003) defined absorptive capacity as "the ability of a firm to recognize the value of new, external information, assimilate it, and apply it to commercial ends".…”

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“…Therefore, to have successful exploitation of newly acquired knowledge, there must be a sharing of knowledge among members of the firm. Social integration mechanisms can facilitate the process and reduce the gap between potential absorptive capacities and realized absorptive capacity (Zahra and George, 2002 (Kamal and Flanagan, 2014). According to Szulanski (1996), the lack of absorptive capacity is viewed as a deficiency in the knowledge transfer process.…”

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How ability, motivation and opportunity influence travel agents performance: the moderating role of absorptive capacity

Elbaz

Agag

Alkathiri³

2018

JKM

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Purpose This study aims to examine the influence of the three dimensions of travel agents’ manager competencies – ability, motivation and opportunity seeking – on knowledge transfer and travel agents’ performance. In addition, the study investigates how employee’s absorptive capacity moderates the effects of managers’ competencies on knowledge received by the employees and moderates the effects of knowledge received by the employees on travel agents’ performance. Design/methodology/approach A positivist research philosophy was adopted with a quantitative approach, in which quantitative data were gathered based on questionnaires to tackle different stages of the study. To test the hypotheses, a self-administrated face-to-face survey of about 42 questions, launched on November 7, 2016, was used to compile response from top and medium management Category A travel agents operating in Egypt. Findings Based on a sample of 577 travel agents’ frontline employees, the results showed that the three dimensions of travel agents’ competencies have a positive effect on knowledge received by the employee. Findings further indicated that knowledge received by employee mediates the link between these three competencies and travel agents’ performance. The link between the competencies and knowledge received by the employee was found to be positively moderated by employee absorptive capacity. Moreover, these findings suggested that the relationship between knowledge received and travel agents’ performance is stronger when employees’ absorptive capacity is greater. Research limitations/implications This study is bound by certain limitations that also provide fertile grounds for further research. First, the study examined how an employee’s absorptive capacity moderates the effects of managers’ competencies on knowledge received by the employees and moderates the effects of knowledge received by the employees on travel agents’ performance. However, innovation as a dependent variable can be investigated. Second, one limitation is that the study is restricted to Category A travel agents only in Greater Cairo. Third, examining the antecedents of ability, motivation and opportunity seeking to transfer knowledge is also important. Practical implications It is important for travel agents, owners, managers and employees to acknowledge absorptive capacity as a critical component for organizations to sustain, grow and compete. Travel agents can also take steps to develop their employees’ absorptive capacity. Doing so would further enhance the success of knowledge, employees and travel agents’ performance. Also, travel agents’ top management has to ensure their employees’ absorbing knowledge, identifying and recognizing external knowledge, processing and understanding it, combining it with existing knowledge and applying the new knowledge to commercial ends. Hence, the development of absorptive capacity contributes to a travel agent’s achievement of competitive advantage. Originality/value This study contributes to the literature by expanding the extant literature on knowledge transfer and absorptive capacity by investigating the influence of travel agents’ manager competencies – ability, motivation and opportunity seeking – for knowledge transfer in the Egyptian context. In addition, it investigates the direct effects of the three dimensions of travel agents’ manager competencies – ability, motivation and opportunity seeking – for knowledge transfer. Finally, the paper investigates how employee’s absorptive capacity moderates the effects of managers’ competencies on knowledge received by the employees and moderates the effects of knowledge received by the employees on travel agents’ performance

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Section: Moderating Role Of Employees' Absorptive Capacitymentioning

confidence: 99%

Section: Moderating Role Of Employees' Absorptive Capacitymentioning

confidence: 99%

How ability, motivation and opportunity influence travel agents performance: the moderating role of absorptive capacity

Elbaz

Agag

Alkathiri³

2018

JKM

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“…Absorptive capability is the company's ability related to the process of processing information originating from the external environment that is adapted to the ability to integrate information and resources to provide products in accordance with what the market wants (Wang & Ahmed, 2007;Adeniran & jonhston, 2012;Szogs et al, 2008). Kamal & Flanagan (2014) states that research on this absorptive capability is rare. Absorptive capability in SMEs has a unique character.…”

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The THE CHANGE OF CUSTOMER VALUE AS THE IMPACT OF THE DEVELOPMENT OF MARKET ORIENTATION AND RESOURCES CAPABILITY IN SMALL AGRO BUSINESS: EMPIRICAL STUDY IN EAST JAVA

Nurcahyo¹,

Himawati²,

Afriyenny³

2020

ASSRJ

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Small agro business is one type of creative business that can be used as a processed product and is currently being developed by the local municipal government. In general, the national agro commodity has increased but the small agro business are still limited and not widely known by the wider community so that the right strategy is needed in marketing thier product. This research is motivated by the decline in customer trust which can later influence customer value in small agro businesses. The purpose of this study was to analyze the effect of market orientation and resource capabilities both partially and simultaneously on customer value and to find out the variables that most influence on customer value in small agro businesses in East Java, represented by two cities, namely Blitar and Bojonegoro. This research is descriptive and verificative using explanatory survey, which explains the effect of the independent variable on the dependent variable. The type of data used is primary data and secondary data. The census method is used for the selection of respondent data. Data collection was carried out by means of observation, interviews, and the distribution of questionnaires to 115 respondents of small agro business operators in East Java, represented by Blitar and Bojonegoro. Technical analysis of the data is done by normality test, t test, F test, and determination test. The results of the study indicate that market orientation partially influence customer value and resource capability does not affect customer value in small agro businesses in East Java. While simultaneously market orientation and resource capabilities affect customer value in small agro businesses in East Java. Market orientation is the most influential variable on customer value because it has a significance value of 0,000 while resource capability does not affect customer value because it has a significant value of 0.092 exceeding the ideal criteria of 0.05. The better market orientation can create good customer value because it is focused on the customer, be careful in facing competition and establish good coordination between functions. RESEARCH BACKGROUNDIn the agriculture and plantation sector, Indonesia has abundant potential of horticultural crops, both related to the diversity of plant species and the potential availability throughout the year. Horticultural plants that are developing is fruit plants. Fruit plant that is very well

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“…Those organizations usually have no specific goal towards the development of human resources, and strategic adoption of the required innovations. Furthermore, the adoption of an innovation is highly dependent on how individuals are able to acquire, understand and implement new knowledge (Kamal & Flanagan, 2014).…”

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Swedish construction MSEs: simply renovators or renovation service innovators?

Pardalis

Mahapatra

Mainali

2019

Building Research & Information

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To address the renovation needs of detached house stock in Sweden, micro and small-sized enterprises (MSEs), a subgroup of small and medium-sized enterprises, are expected to introduce more comprehensive house renovation solutions. One-stop-shop (OSS) is an innovative Product-Service System model that can enable MSEs to offer comprehensive renovation packages instead of existing fragmented solutions. We have applied a conceptual framework for innovation adoption in organizations and conducted an interview of 21 construction MSEs in three different geographical areas in Sweden to examine their perceptions and preparedness to adopt the OSS business concept. Findings showed that the examined MSEs are positive towards OSS as it could address the needs for the comprehensive renovation of detached houses. However, presently, are not prepared to take the coordinator's role in such a concept mainly due to the perceived business risks, the lack of flexibility to organizational restructuring, and lack of resources and management competency to coordinate multiple tasks and actors. Those organizations lacked awareness of existing policy support and access to funding mechanisms to try new business models. As a solution, they proposed an external coordinator to be the provider of OSS, on the trial phase, whose role and characteristics need to be further examined.

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Model of Absorptive Capacity and Implementation of New Technology for Rural Construction SMEs

Cited by 15 publications

References 21 publications

How ability, motivation and opportunity influence travel agents performance: the moderating role of absorptive capacity

How ability, motivation and opportunity influence travel agents performance: the moderating role of absorptive capacity

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Swedish construction MSEs: simply renovators or renovation service innovators?

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