The Role of Absorptive Capacity of Financial Companies in Poland in Shaping Their Strategic Flexibility

2018 ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Absorptive Capacity ◽  
Strategic Flexibility

Implications of strategic flexibility in small firms: the moderating role of absorptive capacity

2019 ◽  
Vol 8 (3) ◽  
pp. 370-386 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sanjay Chaudhary
Keyword(s):  
Firm Performance ◽  
Empirical Evidence ◽  
Absorptive Capacity ◽  
Entrepreneurial Orientation ◽  
Small Firms ◽  
Dynamic Capabilities ◽  
Strategic Flexibility ◽  
Content Type ◽  
The Relationship

Purpose Guided by the theory of dynamic capabilities and the knowledge-based view of an organization, the purpose of this paper is to examine the crucial role played by entrepreneurial orientation and absorptive capacity in the relationship between strategic flexibility and firm performance, with a specific focus on small firms. Design/methodology/approach The study uses survey data collected from owners of 272 small businesses in India and follows the linear regression method to establish the link between strategic flexibility and firm performance. It hypothesizes that the strategic flexibility of a small firm impacts entrepreneurial orientation, and subsequently its performance, while absorptive capacity further enhances this relationship. Findings The conclusions drawn from the study provide empirical evidence on the mediating role of entrepreneurial orientation in the relationship between strategic flexibility and firm performance. The findings also point out that the potential absorptive capacity of a firm strengthens the relationship between its strategic flexibility and entrepreneurial orientation. Research limitations/implications The empirical findings of the study are limited to small firms from the automotive service industry. Practical implications The study contributes to the existing knowledge on managerial practice by pointing out the importance of strategic flexibility as a dynamic capability and illustrating its impact in the case of a small firm’s performance. Originality/value As yet, there is a dearth of empirical evidence derived from large samples of small firms. The study supplements available literature on dynamic capabilities and knowledge management.

Entrepreneurial orientation in turbulent environments: The moderating role of absorptive capacity

2014 ◽  
Vol 43 (8) ◽  
pp. 1353-1369 ◽  
Author(s):  
Andreas Engelen ◽  
Harald Kube ◽  
Susanne Schmidt ◽  
Tessa Christina Flatten
Keyword(s):  
Absorptive Capacity ◽  
Entrepreneurial Orientation ◽  
Turbulent Environments ◽  
Moderating Role

scholarly journals The Role of personality characteristics of Leader in Business organizations entrepreneurship with strategic flexibility mediated (A Field Research)

2019 ◽  
Vol 25 (116) ◽  
pp. 15-42
Author(s):  
Sana Abdul Rahim Saeed Abadi ◽  
Farah Hussien Ali Aliqabi
Keyword(s):  
Private Colleges ◽  
Field Research ◽  
Personality Characteristics ◽  
Strategic Flexibility ◽  
Business Organizations ◽  
Private High Education ◽  
Strategic Entrepreneurship ◽  
Effective Role ◽  
Strongly Agree

    The personality characteristics of the Leader are considered one of the main elements to reach into business organizations entrepreneurship; and because of the development of the organizations of the continuous transformations as result of huge Competition in private High Education sector, there is a great need for Leaders characterized of certain personality capable of managing their organizations and can positively effect on them. Also these organizations' success to reach into entrepreneurship requires a main significant element that is (strategic flexibility) which is considered one of the important elements for success.     Accordingly, this research is trying to find the effective role of the personality characteristics of the Leader in business organization entrepreneurship by studying the effect of the special dimensions of personality characteristics (neuroticism, extraversion, openness, Agreeableness, and conscientiousness) on business organizations entrepreneurship dimensions representing in the two main dimensions (entrepreneurship direction and strategic entrepreneurship) with strategic flexibility mediated with its dimensions (competitive flexibility, information flexibility, human capital flexibility and procedures simplification) across field research in thirteen private colleges in Baghdad.     This research came in an attempt to answer several questions the most important of them are (Is there an effect for Leader personality characteristics on strategic flexibility?), (Is there an effect for strategic flexibility on business organizations entrepreneurship?), (Is there an effect for Leader personality characteristics on business organizations entrepreneurship when strategic flexibility mediated?).      The researchers have designed an opinion Questionnaire form to determine the dimensions of business organizations entrepreneurship, it is distributed on three private colleges on a sample of (40) persons, the model consisting selecting two main dimensions for business organizations entrepreneurship by selecting the highest percentage the items obtained, which is for entrepreneurship direction and strategic entrepreneurship. Then a questionnaire is made as a tool for measurement, All construct items were measured on a five-point Likert Scale, ranging from (1= strongly disagree) to (5= strongly agree)                                   The Result confirm there are effect of some personality characteristics of the leaders on business organizations entrepreneurship.

scholarly journals The Assessment of Dimension Absorptive Capacity on Innovation Performance and Small Business Performance

2016 ◽  
Vol 15 (2) ◽  
pp. 127-140
Author(s):  
Gunarso Wiwoho
Keyword(s):  
Small Business ◽  
Absorptive Capacity ◽  
Small Businesses ◽  
Business Performance ◽  
Positive Influence ◽  
Innovation Performance ◽  
Capacity Dimension ◽  
Spss Software ◽  
Small Business Performance

This study aims to examine the role of the absorptive capacity dimension in improving innovation performance and small business performance. The sample used as many as 35 businesses in the business sector of handy crafts. The collected data were analyzed using path analysis and processed with SPSS software version 24.0. The results showed that all hypotheses were accepted. The absorptive capacity dimension consists of potential absorptive capacity and absorptive capacity, both of which are able to have a positive influence on the performance of innovation and the performance of small businesses. But realized absorptive capacity can have a greater influence on innovation and small business performance than potential absorptive capacity.

scholarly journals The Mediating Role of Absorptive Capacity in the Relationship between Research Community Participation and Open Innovation

2021 ◽  
Vol 124 ◽  
pp. 08010
Author(s):  
Rabiah Eladwiah Abdul Rahim ◽  
Nor’ashikin Ali ◽  
Juraifa Jais
Keyword(s):  
Community Participation ◽  
Absorptive Capacity ◽  
Open Innovation ◽  
Structural Equation ◽  
Research Community ◽  
Management Support ◽  
Top Management Support ◽  
Mediating Role ◽  
The Relationship

This study aims to investigate the factors influencing research community participation and open innovation through the mediating role of absorptive capacity from the lens of Resource Based View and Dynamic Capability perspectives. Based on a survey of 115 senior engineering faculties from three research universities in Malaysia, this study applies the Structural Equation Modelling (SEM) to investigate the research model. The findings demonstrate that top management support has a major impact on research community participation. The findings also suggest that absorptive capacity mediates the association between research community participation and open innovation capability. This study provides a theoretical basis on the resources and capability that are pertinent for open innovation. From a practical perspective, the relationships among research community participation, absorptive capacity, and open innovation suggest how universities can promote research community participation and assess their absorptive capacity to achieve open innovation.

scholarly journals Online Communities and Open Innovation

Economics ◽  
2015 ◽  
pp. 652-666
Author(s):  
Alberto Francesconi ◽  
Riccardo Bonazzi ◽  
Claudia Dossena
Keyword(s):  
Solar System ◽  
Absorptive Capacity ◽  
Online Communities ◽  
Open Innovation ◽  
Online Community ◽  
Software Tool ◽  
Linear Process ◽  
Innovation Approach

Online communities are becoming an important way to support firms towards an open innovation approach. However, knowledge shared in an online community represents only a potential for firm's innovation aims. The effectiveness of exploration and exploitation of this knowledge depends on firm's absorptive capacity. In this work the authors focus on the time an idea, shared within an online community, takes to be transformed from a ‘potential' into a ‘realized' innovation by a firm. In particular, conceiving knowledge as a trajectory across pole of attraction rather than a linear process, the authors develop a model inspired by the solar system metaphor. Preliminary results from a case study are presented. They suggest firms may improve the effectiveness of absorptive capacity exploiting the mediation role of a software tool.

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