scholarly journals The Impacts of Different Expansion Modes on Performance of Small Solar Energy Firms: Perspectives of Absorptive Capacity

2013 ◽  
Vol 2013 ◽  
pp. 1-9
Author(s):  
Hsing Hung Chen ◽  
Tao Shen ◽  
Xin-long Xu ◽  
Chao Ma
Keyword(s):  
Solar Energy ◽  
Conceptual Model ◽  
Absorptive Capacity ◽  
Corporate Performance ◽  
Differentiated Products ◽  
Management Controls ◽  
Practical Investigation

The characteristics of firm’s expansion by differentiated products and diversified products are quite different. However, the study employing absorptive capacity to examine the impacts of different modes of expansion on performance of small solar energy firms has never been discussed before. Then, a conceptual model to analyze the tension between strategies and corporate performance is proposed to filling the vacancy. After practical investigation, the results show that stronger organizational institutions help small solar energy firms expanded by differentiated products increase consistency between strategies and corporate performance; oppositely, stronger working attitudes with weak management controls help small solar energy firms expanded by diversified products reduce variance between strategies and corporate performance.

The relationship between innovation and performance in special nonprofit firms: Social and cooperative agrifood firms

2016 ◽  
Vol 23 (4) ◽  
pp. 587-602 ◽  
Author(s):  
Hsing Hung Chen ◽  
Amy H I Lee ◽  
Jack Chen
Keyword(s):  
Theoretical Analysis ◽  
Organizational Performance ◽  
Conceptual Model ◽  
Absorptive Capacity ◽  
Critical Factors ◽  
Nonprofit Firms ◽  
The Social ◽  
And Performance ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
Practical Investigation

AbstractFirms are continually trying to identify innovation sources in order to improve organizational performance, but the identification of such origins is a complex and poorly understood issue, particularly as far as nonprofit firms are concerned. The social and cooperative agrifood arrangement has become one of the main and newest types of nonprofit organization in China since the implementation of the law related to specialized cooperatives, on July 1, 2007. In this research, a conceptual model is proposed to show that the characteristics of innovative sources can determine a firm’s absorptive capacity, which in turn can impact its performance. Therefore, absorptive capacity can be expected to enable the mediation of the relationships of innovative sources with the performance of firms. By means of theoretical analysis and practical investigation, this paper provides an assessment of the use of innovation sources and finds critical factors that may foster competitive and sustainable advantages.

scholarly journals Responsible innovation among academic spin-offs: how responsible practices help developing absorptive capacity

2015 ◽  
Vol 15 (2) ◽  
pp. 165-179 ◽  
Author(s):  
V.E. Scholten ◽  
P.A. van der Duin
Keyword(s):  
Conceptual Model ◽  
Absorptive Capacity ◽  
Stakeholder Engagement ◽  
Innovation Process ◽  
Responsible Innovation ◽  
Social Responsiveness ◽  
External Knowledge ◽  
Negative Effect ◽  
Sustainability Practices ◽  
Start Ups

Responsible innovation (RI) among technology-based start-ups has received little attention, while these firms are known to operate on the edges of what is socially desirable or ethically acceptable. In this paper we develop a conceptual model that captures the RI practices among 61 academic spin-offs and investigate how it affects the capacity of the firm to absorb external knowledge to better the exploitation of the innovation. The findings indicate that potential absorptive capacity is increased by both stakeholder engagement and social responsiveness, while realized absorptive capacity is moderately increased through social responsiveness. Remarkable is the finding that the extent that sustainability practices resonate in the start-ups operations does have a negative effect on the potential absorptive capacity. These results provide insight in the way in which start-ups adopt a RI philosophy to their innovation process and help to better understand how they learn and acquire external knowledge to increase the acceptance of their innovations. The findings provide clear recommendations for entrepreneurs and policymakers in the field of entrepreneurship and innovation.

scholarly journals A Conceptual Model of Motivational Factors of Knowledge Transfer for Hospitals

2019 ◽  
Vol 9 (1) ◽  
pp. 2313-2319
Keyword(s):  
Pilot Study ◽  
Knowledge Transfer ◽  
Literature Review ◽  
Conceptual Framework ◽  
Conceptual Model ◽  
Absorptive Capacity ◽  
Motivational Factors ◽  
Knowledge Sources ◽  
Educational Organization ◽  
The Ideal

Knowledge transfer is vital for the successful organization. Majority of previous studies focused on business and educational organization. Few in the field dealt with knowledge transfer in hospitals. This study aims to develop a conceptual model for knowledge transfer in hospitals. Based on the literature review, this study proposes a conceptual framework for knowledge transfer motivation in hospitals based on three motivational aspects; (i) the extrinsic motivational factors such as the promotions and appraisals, (ii) the intrinsic motivational factors such as the altruism, and absorptive capacity, and (iii) the ideal distribution of extrinsic and intrinsic based on the quality and quantity of knowledge transfer that conducted by the knowledge sources and recipients. The conceptual model was tested using a data collected for a pilot study.

scholarly journals Decision Support Systems (DSS) Capabilities and Competencies Impact on Firm Performance: A Mediating Role of Absorptive Capacity

2015 ◽  
Vol 2 (1) ◽  
pp. 47-55
Author(s):  
Al-Nakib Noofal Ahmed Mohsen Mohammed ◽  
Ahmed Abdulatef Mashli Aina
Keyword(s):  
Information System ◽  
Decision Support ◽  
Firm Performance ◽  
Decision Support Systems ◽  
Absorptive Capacity ◽  
Corporate Performance ◽  
Support Systems ◽  
Direct Influence ◽  
Strategic Performance ◽  
The Impact

The study emphasizes the importance of Decision support systems (DSS) for corporate performance. Prior studies have been reviewed to validate theories that explain how Decision support systems (DSS) affect corporate performance. Decision support systems (DSS) provides information that is valuable to take decisions and reflects current economic, and financial state of the company: efficiency, output rates, information on the effect of different events, that relate to the impact that the employees’ decision has on the performance of other departments. Furthermore, greater management information system capability leads to a higher degree of strategic performance. These and many other factors are suggested to be critical features of DSS that have a direct influence on the financial and strategic performance of companies. This paper uses resource based view in order to explain the importance of DSS capabilities and their direct influence on firm performance. In other words, the main idea behind the paper involves the analysis of company performance based on how information system capabilities are used. For this purpose, this paper formulates conceptual framework which explains the link of DSS capabilities to absorptive capacity through the interaction of market access competency, integrated related competency, functionality related competency. Finally, the influence of DSS capabilities is described in terms of their influence on companies market based and operation performance.

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