The Effect of Relational Embeddedness, Absorptive Capacity, and Learning Orientation on SMEs’ Competitive Advantage

Wu, Guosong; Peng, Michael Yao‐Ping; Zhong, Chen; Du, Zongmin; Anser, Muhammad Khalid; Zhao, Wei

doi:10.3389/fpsyg.2020.01505

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“…In conclusion, external knowledge is acquired, converted and utilized by internationalized enterprises based on RE (Alinaghian et al, 2020). External and internal knowledge can be combined, and international exploration can be strengthened in the process of organizational learning (García-Villaverde et al, 2018; Wu et al, 2020). Therefore, here is the following hypothesis made in the study: H3: Relational embeddedness positively correlates with international exploration.…”

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confidence: 83%

“…al., 2018;Wu et al, 2020). Moreover, following and extending prior organizational learning studies, the current study provides an integrated theoretical model which has not yet been identified or verified in the literature.…”

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“…Following the claims from Dhanaraj et al ( 2004) that information and knowledge could be exchanged by organizations through means of market, hierarchy and a hybrid form. The international joint venture is a typical example concerning a hybrid form, and they elaborate on the relationships among organizations with three factors in RE, namely, the strength of ties, trust and shared system (Liu et al, 2018;Wu et al, 2020).…”

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“…At the same time, these boundaries can be broken through by the embedded social relationship (Chung, 2012). RE can conquer the obstacles and contribute to the cost reduction of knowledge acquisition in the process, in which free exchange of knowledge that has been created resulting in learning facilitation (Luca et al, 2018;Wu et al, 2020). Knowledge transfer will be obstructed by them when there is high complexity in the knowledge, and it is explicit to be made ( Hence, equipped with good RE, internationalized enterprises are capable of comparing their current knowledge with new network knowledge (Evangelista & Hau, 2009;Flor et al, 2018); based on successive, repeated reflections, the content and quality of the knowledge can be obtained by such enterprises (Alinaghian et al, 2020), and problems can be figured out by them, together with their relevant customers and suppliers (Luca et al, 2018), consequently, their tacit knowledge is obtained (Luca et al, 2018).…”

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“…Cadogan et al, 2009;Gomes & Wojahn, 2017;Wu et al, 2020). Specifically, this study makes the following contributions.…”

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How Do the Determinants of New Product Development Matter in the International Context? The Moderating Role of Learning Orientation

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New product development provides a resource for enterprises to gain competitiveness, especially for enterprises that are exploring the international market. It is necessary to understand how the strategic behaviors, cultures, and capabilities of international enterprises are critical factors in improving innovation and new product development. From an external perspective this study argues that firms can facilitate the development of dynamic internationalization capabilities through knowledge acquisition in the organizational learning literature via social networks. The purpose of this study is to explore the relationship among relational embeddedness, export market orientation, dynamic internationalization capability and new product development, as well as the moderating effect of learning orientation. This study empirically verifies its research framework from 217 Taiwanese internationalized enterprises. Partial least squares structural equation modeling is used to detect the relationships between the variables in the model. Many items must be taken into consideration regarding specific facet scales. Our research results confirm previous studies that indicate positive correlations between relational embeddedness and international exploration as well as export market orientation. The results also suggest that international exploration and international exploitation have positive effects on new product development. Learning orientation plays a moderating role in terms of the relationships among relational embeddedness, export market orientation, international exploration, international exploitation, and new product development. Based on the empirical results, research conclusions and theoretical implications are proposed.

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Competitive advantage and dynamic capability in small and medium-sized enterprises: a systematic literature review and future research directions

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Absorptive capacity in family firms: a systematic literature review

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Werner

2023

Rev Manag Sci

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Two-thirds of all businesses worldwide are family firms. For these family firms, absorptive capacity (AC) is key to acquiring, assimilating, transforming, and exploiting new, external knowledge for purposes of value creation. In this study, we conduct a literature review to obtain an overview of the existing research on AC in family firms. Drawing on 27 articles, we show that because of the family members’ induced influence on the family firm, the findings from previous studies based on non-family businesses cannot be applied to family businesses. In fact, we demonstrate that this influence can even create ambiguous effects on the integration of AC into the firm. The results of our literature review indicate that on the one hand, family members promote the integration of external knowledge, that is, they utilize their family-specific resources. On the other hand, tapping on such family-specific resources can simultaneously cause family firms to isolate themselves and restrict the firm’s access to external knowledge. Our analysis also reveals that research on AC in family firms is mostly conducted on a conceptual level and that the few empirical studies usually draw on simple, one-dimensional constructs. Thus, we encourage more future empirical research to draw on the multidimensional constructs of AC and family influence.

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The Effect of Relational Embeddedness, Absorptive Capacity, and Learning Orientation on SMEs’ Competitive Advantage

Cited by 12 publications

References 86 publications

How Do the Determinants of New Product Development Matter in the International Context? The Moderating Role of Learning Orientation

How Do the Determinants of New Product Development Matter in the International Context? The Moderating Role of Learning Orientation

Competitive advantage and dynamic capability in small and medium-sized enterprises: a systematic literature review and future research directions

Absorptive capacity in family firms: a systematic literature review

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