GLOBAL DYNAMIC CAPABILITIES REVITALIZED – A NOVEL APPROACH AND FUTURE RESEARCH DIRECTIONS

PurposeIn this paper, the authors have used a systematic literature review methodology of 147 journal articles published in peer-reviewed journals. The analysis includes studies based on country of origin, the periodic proliferation of studies and the methodological design of the studies. As an outcome of the review, the studies are classified on the innovation in family firms under four broad categories – innovation input, family governance mechanisms, innovation output and the external environment. Some fruitful avenues of research are outlined in this domain.Design/methodology/approachThe literature on innovation in family firms – the most dominant and ubiquitous form of organization across the world – is gaining pace. The influence of family by way controlling ownership, management and governance on, and in interaction with business acts as a complex proposition that shapes the strategic decision-making in the family firm including innovation. The purpose of this paper, therefore, is to advance the understanding of innovation in family firms and provide a list of future research questions of theoretical and practical value.FindingsBased on this review, the authors provide future research directions pertaining to innovation in emerging economy family firms, effect of the institutional environment of family firm innovation as well family firms' innovativeness in the wake of pro-market reforms, different classes of ownership in family firms and innovation, family firm goal heterogeneity and innovation, and family firm dynamic capabilities and innovation.Originality/valueThe review provides a comprehensive understanding, trends and future research directions in the domain of innovation in family firms.

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An Assessment of the Exporting Literature: Using Theory and Data to Identify Future Research Directions

Journal of International Marketing ◽

10.1509/jim.16.0129 ◽

2018 ◽

Vol 26 (1) ◽

pp. 118-143 ◽

Cited By ~ 21

Author(s):

Brian Chabowski ◽

Pinar Kekec ◽

Neil A. Morgan ◽

G. Tomas M. Hult ◽

Travis Walkowiak ◽

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Keyword(s):

Dynamic Capabilities ◽

Research Effort ◽

Marketing Channel ◽

Intellectual Structure ◽

Future Research ◽

Research Directions ◽

Export Activity ◽

Export Marketing ◽

Future Research Directions ◽

Nonlinear Performance

Exporting research is an established facet of the field of international marketing. That stated, the radical increase in recent export activity necessitates a sustained research effort devoted to the topic. In this article, the authors provide a qualitative review of the core theoretical exporting areas and evaluate the exporting domain quantitatively over six decades (1958–2016). For the quantitative analysis, they use multidimensional scaling and apply established bibliometric principles to offer an understanding of the field and to provide suggestions for future exporting research. For the evaluations, the authors used data from 830 articles with 52,191 citations from 35 journals. Using cocitation analysis as the basis to evaluate the data, they propose a series of intellectual structure implications on exporting that relate to internationalization process stages, dynamic capabilities, knowledge scarcity, social networks, export marketing strategy, absorptive capacity and learning, and nonlinear performance relationships involving marketing channel relationships.

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Biogeography and ecology: two views of one world

Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences ◽

10.1098/rstb.2011.0064 ◽

2011 ◽

Vol 366 (1576) ◽

pp. 2331-2335 ◽

Cited By ~ 29

Author(s):

David G. Jenkins ◽

Robert E. Ricklefs

Keyword(s):

Royal Society ◽

Spatial Scales ◽

Future Research ◽

Comparative Ecology ◽

Temporal Scales ◽

Research Directions ◽

Spatial And Temporal Scales ◽

Novel Approach ◽

Future Research Directions ◽

Do So

Both biogeography and ecology seek to understand the processes that determine patterns in nature, but do so at different spatial and temporal scales. The two disciplines were not always so different, and are recently converging again at regional spatial scales and broad temporal scales. In order to avoid confusion and to hasten progress at the converging margins of each discipline, the following papers were presented at a symposium in the International Biogeography Society's 2011 meeting, and are now published in this issue of the Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B . In a novel approach, groups of authors were paired to represent biogeographic and ecological perspectives on each of four topics: niche, comparative ecology and macroecology, community assembly, and diversity. Collectively, this compilation identifies points of agreement and disagreement between the two views on these central topics, and points to future research directions that may build on agreements and reconcile differences. We conclude this compilation with an overview on the integration of biogeography and ecology.

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Clinician styles of care: Transforming patient care at the intersection of leadership and medicine

Journal of Health Psychology ◽

10.1177/1359105313493650 ◽

2013 ◽

Vol 19 (11) ◽

pp. 1459-1470 ◽

Cited By ~ 4

Author(s):

Ho P Huynh ◽

Kate Sweeny

Keyword(s):

Transformational Leadership ◽

Health Behavior ◽

Health Behaviors ◽

Patient Care ◽

Patient Communication ◽

Future Research ◽

Research Directions ◽

Novel Approach ◽

Future Research Directions

A key role of clinicians is to motivate their patients to initiate and maintain beneficial health behaviors. This article integrates research on transformational leadership, clinician–patient communication, and health behavior to introduce a novel approach to understanding and improving clinicians’ effectiveness as motivators. We describe three dominant clinician styles or patterned approaches to patient care that derive from leadership theory (in order of least to most effective): laissez-faire, transactional, and transformational. Additionally, we suggest potential mediators and effects of the transformational style of care. Finally, we discuss future research directions for the study of clinician styles of care.

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Strategists on the Board in a Digital Era

Business and Management Research ◽

10.5430/bmr.v6n2p40 ◽

2017 ◽

Vol 6 (2) ◽

pp. 40 ◽

Cited By ~ 4

Author(s):

Carl Åberg ◽

Niloofar Kazemargi ◽

Max Bankewitz

Keyword(s):

Boards Of Directors ◽

Dynamic Capabilities ◽

Theory And Practice ◽

Future Research ◽

Organization Studies ◽

Research Directions ◽

Strategic Actions ◽

Digital Era ◽

Future Research Directions ◽

The Way

Considering the complexities and dynamics that firms are facing in a digital era, it is no exaggeration to argue that the way boards of directors contribute to strategy needs some new perspectives. In this article, we reconsider some of the commonly used notions and assumptions of board strategizing. We conceptualize a framework for board strategizing by revisiting and providing new elements to the work introduced by McNulty and Pettigrew in 1999 (Strategists on the board. Organization Studies, 20(1): 47-74. http://doi.org/10.1177/0170840699201003). Our framework highlights a number of timely board practices that have the potential to improve the way boards strategize under conditions of increasing digitalization. Further, the findings suggest that valuable strategic actions and priorities can be made by boards that use and develop dynamic capabilities as they strategize. Implications for theory and practice as well as future research directions are discussed.

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The effects of sex and outcome expectancies on perceptions of sexual harassment

PLoS ONE ◽

10.1371/journal.pone.0261409 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 16 (12) ◽

pp. e0261409

Author(s):

Shonagh Leigh ◽

Andrew G. Thomas ◽

Jason Davies

Keyword(s):

Sex Differences ◽

Sexual Harassment ◽

Outcome Expectancies ◽

Outcome Expectancy ◽

Future Research ◽

Research Directions ◽

Significant Relationships ◽

Novel Approach ◽

Future Research Directions ◽

Negative Outcome

Using an outcome expectancy framework, this research sought to understand sex differences in the underlying beliefs that influence harassment perception. One hundred and ninety-six participants (52% women) read a series of vignettes depicting common examples of digital male-on-female sexual harassment. They were asked to what extent they thought each scenario constituted sexual harassment, and how likely the perpetrator would experience positive and negative outcomes. Consistent with predictions, women were more likely to consider the behaviours as harassment than men were. Both sexes harassment perceptions had significant relationships with their outcome expectancies, but we also found evidence of a sex specific moderation; the link between men’s negative outcome expectancies was moderated by their positive ones. The results suggest that perceptions of harassment may have sexually asymmetrical underpinnings. Measuring the interplay between positive and negative outcome expectancies in relation to sexual harassment perception is a novel approach, that may have implications for the development of anti-sexual harassment interventions. Implications for theory and future research directions are discussed.

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A Resource-Based Typology of Dynamic Capability: Managing Tourism in a Turbulent Environment

Journal of Travel Research ◽

10.1177/00472875211014960 ◽

2021 ◽

pp. 004728752110149

Author(s):

Yawei Jiang ◽

Brent W. Ritchie ◽

Martie-Louise Verreynne

Keyword(s):

Dynamic Capabilities ◽

Three Dimensions ◽

Dynamic Capability ◽

Future Research ◽

Research Directions ◽

Future Research Directions ◽

Depth Interviews ◽

Advance Knowledge ◽

Practical Implications

This study develops a typology of dynamic capabilities to advance knowledge on how tourism organizations can manage disruptive external changes. It uses the context of a natural disaster. The article goes beyond a simple classification of organizational activities in responding to crises/disasters to create a typology of 12 dynamic capabilities. The typology is based on three dimensions that align with the disaster life cycle, source of resources, and deployment of resources. This study also provides empirical explanations for each type of dynamic capability, using qualitative data collected from 40 in-depth interviews with tourism organizations and other stakeholders across two years. Several practical implications and future research directions are provided based on the findings and limitations of the study.

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