The Mediating Role of Knowledge Acquisition on the Relationship Between External Social Capital and Innovativeness

Parra‐Requena, Gloria; Ruiz‐Ortega, María José; Villaverde, Pedro Manuel García; Rodrigo‐Alarcón, Job

doi:10.1111/emre.12049

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“…For example, Liao and Marsillac (2015) found that firms with AC work to acquire more resources for improvements in product innovation. Firms that can acquire new or valuable resources will develop new lines of products (Parra‐Requena, Ruiz‐Ortega, García‐Villaverde, & Rodrigo‐Alarcón, 2015). However, the success of a green product depends on knowledge inputs from customers as firms take on environmental challenges (Zhao et al, 2018).…”

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Exploring the effect of buyer engagement on green product innovation: Empirical evidence from manufacturers

2020

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In this study, we are interested in how export firms organize knowledge management and increase product innovation performance. Prior studies have concluded that knowledge transfer from external actors leads to operational performance outcomes; others have questioned the positive influence of buyer‐driven knowledge transfer activities on innovation performance. Drawing on absorptive capacity, we aim to offer a better understanding, how export firms as recipients of knowledge resources, organize their internal capabilities in order to realize firm‐level product innovation. This empirical study examines the interplay of buyer‐driven knowledge activities, resource acquisition and combining, and product innovation outcomes in the context of Pakistani export firms. Drawing on survey data from 239 export‐manufacturing firms, we test hypotheses using structural equation modeling. Our findings show that buyer‐driven knowledge transfer activities play a crucial role in enhancing export firms in absorbing and combining resources that lead to product innovation. The pragmatic suggestion of the research suggests that managers look closely at developing a culture of involvement with their buyers that promotes the development of knowledge resources. The results of this study have research, policy, and managerial implications.

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Exploring the effect of buyer engagement on green product innovation: Empirical evidence from manufacturers

2020

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“…These entities compile and disseminate knowledge among firms, thereby reducing their search costs (McEvily & Zaheer, 1999). They can also provide information that represents complex and tacit scientific knowledge, which can affect knowledge acquisition (Parra‐Requena, Ruiz‐Ortega & García‐Villaverde, 2015). To measure this, we used one item on the Likert scale previously established in the work by Molina‐Morales and Martínez‐Fernández (2010), which was in turn adapted from McEvily and Zaheer (1999).…”

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Sense of belonging to an industrial district and knowledge acquisition: The role of strong and trusting interorganizational relations

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This paper analyses the mediating role of interorganizational relations, specifically strength of ties and relational trust, in the relationship between the level of sense of belonging to the industrial district (ID) and firms' knowledge acquisition. Despite the significance of the sense of belonging in the field of IDs, there are hardly any studies that directly address the implications of this sense of belonging on key variables in the field of ID, such as knowledge acquisition. This is due to its subjective and complex nature, meaning it is difficult to measure (Molina-Morales & Vázquez, 2007). Furthermore, since IDs are configured as a network of interorganizational relationships (McEvily & Zaheer, 1999), and

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“…The main idea is that density is associated with redundancy of the sources of knowledge. We obtained values for the network density by using the three-item scale of Parra-Requena, Ruiz-Ortega, García-Villaverde, and Rodrigo-Alarcón (2015) that measures the redundancy and the degree of interconnection of the network. To identify the multi-item scale for the construct, we performed an exploratory factor analysis.…”

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Overcoming the Dark Side of Closed Networks in Cultural Tourism Clusters: The Importance of Diverse Networks

Martínez-Pérez

Beauchesne

2017

Cornell Hospitality Quarterly

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Despite the recognized importance of tourism as an engine of economic growth in developed countries, research on the antecedents of innovation in this sector has been sparse, especially in the context of tourism clusters. Scholars have suggested that social capital is a key determinant of firm innovation in the context of tourism clusters, but empirical evidence has been lacking. The aim of this article is to empirically study the interplay between social capital and innovation in the context of tourism clusters at firm level. More specifically, we analyzed the effects of closed networks and diverse networks on firm innovation using a sample of 215 hospitality and tourism firms located in the World Heritage Cities of Spain. Results showed an inverted-U-shaped relationship between closed networks and firm innovation. Consistent with existing literature, these findings suggest that whereas a certain degree of strength and density helps to promote innovation, a critical point may exist beyond which innovation stabilizes or deteriorates when the information of the network becomes too redundant. In addition, we found that diverse networks positively moderated the relationship between closed networks and firm innovation. In other words, structural holes appear to mitigate the negative effects arising from excess strength and density and encourage the development of innovations beyond what a firm relying solely on closed networks could achieve. In practice, these results suggest firms in tourism clusters should not exclusively focus on typical closed networks but also create connections with diverse agents to maximize their potential for innovation.

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The Mediating Role of Knowledge Acquisition on the Relationship Between External Social Capital and Innovativeness

Cited by 36 publications

References 125 publications

Exploring the effect of buyer engagement on green product innovation: Empirical evidence from manufacturers

Exploring the effect of buyer engagement on green product innovation: Empirical evidence from manufacturers

Sense of belonging to an industrial district and knowledge acquisition: The role of strong and trusting interorganizational relations

Overcoming the Dark Side of Closed Networks in Cultural Tourism Clusters: The Importance of Diverse Networks

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