scholarly journals Ambidextrous Marketing Capabilities, Exploratory and Exploitative Market-Based Innovation, and Innovation Performance: An Empirical Study on China’s Manufacturing Sector

2021 ◽  
Vol 13 (3) ◽  
pp. 1146
Author(s):  
Peixu He ◽  
Yana Pei ◽  
Chunpei Lin ◽  
Di Ye
Keyword(s):  
Manufacturing Sector ◽  
Innovation Performance ◽  
Hierarchical Regression ◽  
Marketing Capabilities ◽  
Manufacturing Enterprises ◽  
Innovation Research ◽  
Mediating Role ◽  
Innovation Activities ◽  
The Relationship

Despite the acknowledged importance of innovation for enterprises’ sustainable development, in comparison to technological innovation, research on market-based innovation is still in its nascent stage. It is unclear what factors will predict market-based innovation and how market-based innovation boosts innovation performance. Therefore, based on an adaptive marketing capabilities perspective and drawing on insights from the organizational ambidexterity literature, this study explored the relationships among enterprises’ marketing capabilities, market-based innovation and innovation performance. Data collected from 237 manufacturing enterprises in China were analyzed using hierarchical regression analysis and bootstrapping methods. The results showed that: (1) Marketing capabilities and market-based innovation activities are both ambidextrous. Specifically, marketing capabilities include marketing exploration capabilities and marketing exploitation capabilities, and market-based innovation includes exploratory market-based innovation and exploitative market-based innovation. (2) Ambidextrous marketing capabilities can enhance innovation performance significantly, with ambidextrous market-based innovation playing a partial mediating role in this relationship. Specifically, marketing exploration capabilities affect innovation performance through the partial mediating role of exploratory market-based innovation, whereas marketing exploitation capabilities affect innovation performance through the partial mediating role of exploitative market-based innovation. (3) Exploratory market-based innovation negatively moderates the relationship between exploitative market-based innovation and innovation performance, and exploitative market-based innovation also exerts a negative moderating effect on the exploratory market-based innovation–innovation performance association. These findings complement and enrich the ambidextrous capability (innovation) theory, helping manufacturing enterprises to better understand and deploy ambidexterity, and hence to achieve sustainability.

Platform Strategy for New Product Development

2020 ◽  
pp. 123-143
Author(s):  
Sang-Wuk Ku
Keyword(s):  
Product Development ◽  
New Product Development ◽  
New Product ◽  
Mediating Effect ◽  
Hierarchical Regression ◽  
Product Platform ◽  
Mediating Role ◽  
Platform Leadership ◽  
The Relationship

This chapter proves the mediating effect of product platform strategies on the relationship between a firm's subject, environment, and resources and the performance of new product development in the perspective of platform leadership. The author analyzed the mediating role of product platform strategy by considering CEO propensity, competition and customers, and competitiveness of retained resources. Compared to the past, in the perspective of platform leadership, the product platform strategy has a critical effect on the relationship between the business scope of a platform leader, the external relationship with complementors, and the internal organization of a platform leader impact on the performance of new product development. As a result of hierarchical regression analysis with the data of Korean high technology companies, the product platform strategy would be mediating the relationship between the antecedents such as CEO propensity, competition and customers, and competitiveness of retained resources and NPD performance.

Coping with workplace ostracism: the roles of emotional exhaustion and resilience in deviant behavior

2020 ◽  
Vol ahead-of-print (ahead-of-print) ◽  
Author(s):  
Hongyan Jiang ◽  
Xianjin Jiang ◽  
Peizhen Sun ◽  
Xiuping Li
Keyword(s):  
Emotional Exhaustion ◽  
Mediation Analysis ◽  
Deviant Behavior ◽  
Moderated Mediation ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Manufacturing Enterprises ◽  
Mediating Role ◽  
Workplace Ostracism ◽  
The Relationship

PurposeThe purpose of this paper is to explicate the relationship between workplace ostracism and deviant behavior, and further test the mediating role of emotional exhaustion and the moderating role of resilience.Design/methodology/approachA sample of 409 first-line production workers from four manufacturing enterprises in China was collected. A moderated mediation analysis was employed to test the hypotheses and examine the relationships proposed in the research framework.FindingsThe findings indicate that emotional exhaustion could mediate the relationship between workplace ostracism and deviant behavior. Moreover, the results from the moderated mediation analysis suggest that the mediation of emotional exhaustion is moderated by resilience such that with a higher level of resilience, the mediation effect of emotional exhaustion becomes weaker.Research limitations/implicationsThe participants of this study are limited to manufacturing enterprises, and thus our findings may not be equally valid for other types of industries. Meanwhile, this study is a cross-sectional research that could not explain the causal relationship between workplace ostracism and deviant behavior.Practical implicationsThe present research can offer some managerial implications about how to avoid the occurrence of workplace ostracism and deviant behavior for organizations.Originality/valueThis study constructs a moderated mediation model by introducing the potential mediating role of emotional exhaustion and the moderating effect of resilience in order to reveal the mechanism through which workplace ostracism relates to deviant behavior. Our research not only integrates and enriches the ideas of the Stress-Non-Equilibrium-Compensation Approach and the Transactional Model of Stress and Coping Theory but could also inform future management practices for mitigating the negative consequences of workplace ostracism.

scholarly journals How Corporate Social Responsibility Influences Business Model Innovation: The Mediating Role of Organizational Legitimacy

2020 ◽  
Vol 12 (7) ◽  
pp. 2667 ◽  
Author(s):  
Baoliang Hu ◽  
Tao Zhang ◽  
Shuai Yan
Keyword(s):  
Corporate Social Responsibility ◽  
Social Responsibility ◽  
Business Model ◽  
Organizational Legitimacy ◽  
Hierarchical Regression ◽  
Mediating Role ◽  
Corporate Social ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
Answering Questions

Business model (BM) innovation driven by corporate social responsibility (CSR) has attracted considerable attention from scholars. However, the understanding of whether and how CSR influences BM innovation is limited. Therefore, this paper aimed to fill these gaps by exploring the influence of CSR on BM innovation through the mediating role of organizational legitimacy (OL). This paper proposed research hypotheses on the relationships among CSR, OL, and BM innovation and empirically tested these hypotheses by using the hierarchical regression analysis method with data collected from 186 firms. The results of this study show that both CSR and OL positively influence BM innovation. The results also show that CSR positively influences OL and OL mediates the relationship between CSR and BM innovation. This paper provides new insights into the relationship between CSR and BM innovation by answering questions of whether and how CSR influences BM innovation. This paper may help managers better understand how to link CSR and BM innovation.

A Case Study of the Mediating Role of Innovation on the Relationship Between Environmental Uncertainty, Market Orientation, and Firm Performance

2016 ◽  
Vol 13 (06) ◽  
pp. 1750003 ◽  
Author(s):  
Cevahir Uzkurt ◽  
Halil Semih Kimzan ◽  
Cengiz Yılmaz
Keyword(s):  
Firm Performance ◽  
Market Orientation ◽  
Product Innovation ◽  
Environmental Uncertainty ◽  
Mediating Effect ◽  
Hierarchical Regression ◽  
Mediating Role ◽  
The Relationship

In recent years, environmental uncertainty and market orientation have been considered key elements of superior firm performance. Although environmental uncertainty and market orientation may affect firm performance, innovation also mediates these effects. In this study, a conceptual model was developed to test the mediating effect of innovation on the relationships between these constructs. Data for the study were collected from Turkey’s Top 500 Companies. Hierarchical regression and multiple regression analyses were employed to test the research hypotheses. The findings of the study revealed that the direct effects of environmental uncertainty and innovation on firm performance were statistically significant, although the effect of market orientation was not. The results obtained from the present study seem to indicate a possible “dual effect” of market orientation on firm performance. The results also indicated that innovation, especially product innovation, mediates the relationship between environmental uncertainty and firm performance. The findings indicate that innovation, especially product innovation, is critical for firm performance.

scholarly journals Role of Servitization, Digitalization, and Innovation Performance in Manufacturing Enterprises

2021 ◽  
Vol 13 (17) ◽  
pp. 9878
Author(s):  
Lei Shen ◽  
Cong Sun ◽  
Muhammad Ali
Keyword(s):  
Manufacturing Industry ◽  
Dynamic Capabilities ◽  
Innovation Performance ◽  
Manufacturing Companies ◽  
Business Innovation ◽  
Manufacturing Enterprises ◽  
Enterprise Innovation ◽  
The Impact ◽  
The Relationship

The structure of the manufacturing industry has forced manufacturing companies to understand the importance of digitalization and servitization transformation, in terms of production and R&D. In this study, we examine the relationship between servitization, digitization, and enterprise innovation performance through the lens of dynamic capabilities within enterprises. We also discuss the impact of the transformation servitization strategy on business innovation, and the mechanisms by which it impacts business innovation performance. The study’s findings indicate that servitization significantly contributes to innovation performance, and digitalization acts as a mediating mechanism between the proposed relationships. Thus, this article argues for the integration and growth of servitization and digitization.

Business networking and internationalization: testing the mediation role of organizational learning

2020 ◽  
Vol ahead-of-print (ahead-of-print) ◽  
Author(s):  
Kasimu Sendawula ◽  
Muhammed Ngoma ◽  
Juma Bananuka ◽  
Saadat Nakyejwe Lubowa Kimuli ◽  
Frank Kabuye
Keyword(s):  
Organizational Learning ◽  
Correlation Coefficients ◽  
Hierarchical Regression ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Mediating Role ◽  
Business Networking ◽  
Correlational Data ◽  
The Relationship

PurposeThe purpose of this study was to establish the mediation role of organizational learning in the relationship between business networking and internationalization of manufacturing small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) using evidence from Uganda.Design/methodology/approachThis study is cross sectional and correlational. Data were collected through a questionnaire survey of 96 manufacturing SMEs. Data were analyzed through correlation coefficients, hierarchical regression and mediation analysis using Statistical Package for the Social Sciences and MedGraph - Excel Version.FindingsFindings indicate that organizational learning partially mediates the relationship between business networking and internationalization of SMEs. Results further reveal that business networking and organizational learning significantly predict internationalization of SMEs.Originality/valueThis study contributes to the already existing literature on internationalization of SMEs as it provides initial empirical evidence on the mediating role of organizational learning in the relationship between business networking and internationalization of SMEs using evidence from a developing country – Uganda.

scholarly journals Business Model Design and Customer Loyalty: The Mediating Role of Customer Citizenship Behavior

2020 ◽  
Vol 12 (17) ◽  
pp. 7047
Author(s):  
Baoliang Hu ◽  
Wei Huang ◽  
Shuai Yan ◽  
Guang Liu ◽  
Tao Zhang
Keyword(s):  
Business Model ◽  
Customer Loyalty ◽  
Corporate Sustainability ◽  
Citizenship Behavior ◽  
Hierarchical Regression ◽  
Demand Side ◽  
Mediating Role ◽  
Customer Citizenship Behavior ◽  
The Relationship

An increasing number of scholars and practitioners are advocating for the exploration of the demand-side consequences of business model (BM) design from the customer’s perceptual perspective. Consistent with this view, this paper discusses how BM design can achieve customer loyalty through the mediating role of customer citizenship behavior. Therefore, this paper puts forward a series of hypotheses regarding relationships among BM design, customer citizenship behavior, and customer loyalty and further tests these hypotheses through hierarchical regression analysis from data collected from Chinese customers. The results show that both efficiency-centered and novelty-centered BM designs are the antecedents of customer citizenship behavior and customer loyalty. The results also show that efficiency-centered and novelty-centered BM designs can directly affect customer loyalty, and indirectly affect customer loyalty through the mediating role of customer citizenship behavior. Our findings contribute to research on the relationship between BM design and customer loyalty, and research on the demand-side consequences of BM design. Our findings also contribute to research on the link between BM design and marketing, and research on BM design for corporate sustainability. Our findings have management implications for practitioners as well.

The Role of Desire in The Prediction of Intention

2011 ◽  
Vol 70 (3) ◽  
pp. 141-148 ◽  
Author(s):  
Velibor Bobo Kovač ◽  
Jostein Rise
Keyword(s):  
Intention To Quit ◽  
Hierarchical Regression ◽  
Future Research ◽  
Mediating Role ◽  
Past Behavior ◽  
Quit Smoking ◽  
Motivational Aspect ◽  
Tpb Model ◽  
The Relationship

This paper is based on the notion that desire represents an important motivational aspect of the decision-making process. Thus, we examined the hypotheses that desire (1) predicts behavioral intentions and (2) mediates the effects of theory of planned behavior (TPB) components and past behavior on an individual’s intention to quit smoking. The analysis is based on three separate conditions in which the intention to quit smoking during the next 1, 4, or 6 months, respectively, was measured; the three conditions contained identical variables. The results of the hierarchical regression analysis show that there are sufficient grounds for including desire as an additional predictor in the TPB model. The results also show that desire mediates the effects of attitudes, norms, and past behavior on intention. However, the mediating role of desire was not obtained for the relationship between PBC and intention. Theoretical implications and recommendations for future research are suggested.

Supervisor support and pro-environmental behavior: the mediating role of LMX

2015 ◽  
Vol 53 (5) ◽  
pp. 1045-1060 ◽  
Author(s):  
Panagiotis Gkorezis
Keyword(s):  
Environmental Behavior ◽  
Supervisor Support ◽  
Hierarchical Regression ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Mediating Role ◽  
Member Exchange ◽  
Mediating Mechanisms ◽  
The Relationship

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to elucidate the mediating mechanisms of the relationship between supervisor support and pro-environmental behavior. To this end, the quality of the dyadic exchanges between supervisor and subordinates was used. Design/methodology/approach – Data were collected from two different samples. In order to test the present hypotheses hierarchical regression and bootstrapping analysis were conducted. Findings – In congruence with the hypotheses, the results showed that leader-member exchange (LMX) served as a mediator in the relationship between supervisor support and pro-environmental behavior. Research limitations/implications – Data were drawn using a cross-sectional design. As a result, it is precarious to assess causality among the constructs. Furthermore, both studies collected data from a single source, namely employees, and this may inflate the present relationships due to common method bias. Originality/value – To the best of author’s knowledge, no prior empirical study has examined the pivotal role of LMX in affecting employees’ pro-environmental behavior.

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