Towards agility in international high-tech SMEs: Exploring key drivers and main outcomes of dynamic capabilities

Jafari‐Sadeghi, Vahid; Mahdiraji, Hannan Amoozad; Busso, Donatella; Yahiaoui, Dorra

doi:10.1016/j.techfore.2021.121272

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“…China’s economic growth was negatively impacted by the precarious financial situation of SMEs. As a result, China’s GDP growth rate fell 6.8% year over year in the first quarter to its minimum level in the past couple of decades (Jafari-Sadeghi et al 2022 ). Meanwhile, the labor market was sluggish, with the unemployment rate rising from 5.3% in January to 6.0% in April.…”

Section: Literature Review and Hypothesis Developmentmentioning

confidence: 99%

RETRACTED ARTICLE: The impact of COVID-19 on small- and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs): empirical evidence for green economic implications

Razzaq

Waqas

2022

Environ Sci Pollut Res

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Small-and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) in China have been hit hard by the coronavirus (COVID-19) outbreak, which has jeopardized their going out of business altogether. As a result, this research will shed light on the long-term impacts of COVID-19 lockdown on small businesses worldwide. The information was gathered through a survey questionnaire that 313 people completed. Analyzing the model was accomplished through the use of SEM in this investigation. Management and staff at SMEs worldwide provided the study's data sources. Research shows that COVID-19 has a significantly bad influence on profitability, operational, economic, and access to finance. In the study's findings, outside funding aids have played an important role in SMEs' skill to persist and succeed through technological novelty than in their real output. SME businesses, administrations, and policymakers need to understand the implications of this study's results.

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Section: Literature Review and Hypothesis Developmentmentioning

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RETRACTED ARTICLE: The impact of COVID-19 on small- and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs): empirical evidence for green economic implications

Razzaq

Waqas

2022

Environ Sci Pollut Res

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“…KMC is recognized as a critical driver for innovation (Andreeva and Kianto, 2011;Marques and Sim on, 2006). Ambidextrous organizations leverage existing knowledge and experience to improve incremental innovation and discover new knowledge to develop radical innovation (Andriopoulos and Lewis, 2009;Jafari-Sadeghi et al, 2022a). Although knowledge is considered a critical resource with high strategic potential for any firm, that firm should have a KMC to evaluate and respond quickly to competitors' actions (Yang, 2020).…”

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Knowledge management capability, entrepreneurial creativity, entrepreneurial intensity and firm performance: the mediating role of ambidexterity

Mokhtarzadedeh

Jafarpanah

Babgohari

2022

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PurposeLiterature survey shows that it is not clear how knowledge management capability (KMC) and ambidexterity capability affect entrepreneurial creativity (EC) and entrepreneurial intensity (EI) promotion. While empirical studies have emphasized the importance of these factors in improving business performance, the cumulative effect and self-reinforcing loops of these factors in improving firm performance have not been identified. In this regard, the study seeks to investigate how to increase the entrepreneurial capabilities of KMC, EI, EC and ambidexterity of food firms to improve their performance.Design/methodology/approachThe method of the present study is applied in terms of purpose and is quantitative in terms of data collection. In order to collect the data, a questionnaire was designed that contained the variables of the conceptual model of the research. This questionnaire was distributed among industrial and academic experts in the Iranian food industry. The method of data collection is an online cross-sectional survey, and the method of data analysis is structural equation modeling using Smart PLS software to analyze the conceptual model.FindingsThe present study is cross-sectional survey research that examines the impact of KMC, EC and EI on firm performance by considering the mediating role of organizational ambidexterity. The research study shows a positive impact of entrepreneurial capabilities as KMC, EI, EC and ambidexterity on performance. Accordingly, if a firm builds KMC and fosters EC, it can achieve ambidextrous innovation and thus enhance its EI and performance in the food industry.Research limitations/implicationsThis study highlights the knowledge-based view (KBV) in explaining the role of KMC on innovative capabilities and its influence on performance. Research findings shed light on the importance of KMC as a prerequisite for innovation strategy. The study has also established the mediating role of ambidexterity in entrepreneurial value creation. According to the results, small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs)' performance is positively influenced by entrepreneurial capabilities as KMC, EI, EC and ambidexterity.Originality/valueThis paper gives insights into how SMEs can improve their performance to gain a competitive advantage by developing knowledge and creative ideas in line with entrepreneurial goals. In this regard, the food industry can adopt new strategies to reduce the impact of these challenges to achieve superior performance and competitive advantage.

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“…This research follows one such strategic strand, specifically, strategic agility (Xing et al 2020), which, as a stream of research, has heightened interest among both scholars and practitioners, owing to its increasing pertinence to the aforementioned qualities of the present business context (Jafari-Sadeghi et al 2022). For the purposes of this research, strategic agility is defined, in mainstream fashion, as the ability of the organization to regularly adapt to uncertain and changing environments (Doz and Kosonen 2008).…”

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Strategic agility, openness and performance: a mixed method comparative analysis of firms operating in developed and emerging markets

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This research delineates the relationship between strategic agility and performance, and proposes openness as a requisite means to fostering agility and enhancing performance. Methodologically, the research follows the pragmatist paradigm through a mixed-method research design, incorporating three separate studies. These comprise a CEO-based survey on foreign firms operating in emerging markets, a CEO-based survey on firms operating in developed countries, and CEO interviews, all of which are complimented by auxiliary instruments of secondary data and an expert panel. The research finds that strategic agility is vital for firms’ performance in both developed and developing markets. Moreover, we found that while search depth amplifies the above relationship in both contexts, search breadth does it only in the context of foreign firms operating in emerging markets. The value of these findings stems from their elucidation of the role of strategic agility in emerging markets and its comparison to that of firms operating in developed countries; their insights into strategic agility’s relationship with openness; their schematic culmination into a systemically and contextually depicted framework; and their prescriptive managerial implications.

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Towards agility in international high-tech SMEs: Exploring key drivers and main outcomes of dynamic capabilities

Cited by 68 publications

References 128 publications

RETRACTED ARTICLE: The impact of COVID-19 on small- and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs): empirical evidence for green economic implications

RETRACTED ARTICLE: The impact of COVID-19 on small- and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs): empirical evidence for green economic implications

Knowledge management capability, entrepreneurial creativity, entrepreneurial intensity and firm performance: the mediating role of ambidexterity

Strategic agility, openness and performance: a mixed method comparative analysis of firms operating in developed and emerging markets

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