Multi-Level Mediating Effect of the Path between SCM Activities and Export Performance

2020 ◽  
Vol 24 (1) ◽  
pp. 173-183
Author(s):  
Young-Tae Park ◽  
Dong-Yoon Kim ◽  
Yeon-Sung Cho
Keyword(s):  
Export Performance ◽  
Mediating Effect ◽  
Multi Level

How and when do employees hide knowledge from co-workers?

2021 ◽  
Vol ahead-of-print (ahead-of-print) ◽  
Author(s):  
Ghulam Ali Arain ◽  
Alberto Dello Strologo ◽  
Amandeep Dhir
Keyword(s):  
Structural Equation ◽  
Moral Disengagement ◽  
Social Cognitive ◽  
Mediating Effect ◽  
Mediation Effect ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Moderated Mediation Model ◽  
Multi Level ◽  
Level 1 ◽  
Knowledge Hiding

Purpose Drawing on social learning and social cognitive theories, this study aims to examine a multi-level moderated mediation model that tests the mediating effect of moral disengagement (MD: Level 1) between perceived organisational politics (POP: Level 1) and employee knowledge hiding from coworkers (EKHC: Level 1). The authors further propose that supervisor knowledge hiding from employees (SKHE: Level 2) moderates this mediation effect. Design/methodology/approach The authors obtained multi-sourced, multi-timed and multi-level data regarding 294 employees, working under 80 supervisors, from multiple organisations operating in Pakistan. The authors analysed these data using multi-level structural equation modelling via Mplus. Findings The results show that employee MD significantly mediates the direct relationship between POP and EKHC. The mediation effect is further positively moderated by SKHE, which amplifies the mediation effect. Originality/value To the best of the authors’ knowledge, this is the first empirical study that examines both EKHC and SKHE together in a single research model and provides a thorough understanding of why, how and when POP leads to EKHC.

The impact of cognitive and behavioral factors on the export performance: a dynamic capabilities perspective

2020 ◽  
Vol ahead-of-print (ahead-of-print) ◽  
Author(s):  
Piotr Wójcik ◽  
Mariola Ciszewska-Mlinarič
Keyword(s):  
Dynamic Capabilities ◽  
Positive Impact ◽  
Export Performance ◽  
Organizational Level ◽  
Foreign Markets ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Exporting Firms ◽  
Individual Level ◽  
Multi Level ◽  
Mind Set

Purpose The purpose of this study is to explore how individual-level cognitive and organizational-level behavioral factors influence the level of firms’ export performance as firms adapt to the challenges of foreign expansion. Design/methodology/approach Based on the literature on dynamic capabilities (DCs) and international business, the study introduces a multi-level model of DC to internationalize and test it empirically on a sample of 93 Polish exporting firms using structural equation modeling. Findings The results show a strong and positive impact of the “strategy as stretch” managerial mind-set on two behavioral elements, namely, business modeling and partnering capability. Global mind-set has a strong and positive impact on business modeling and learning about foreign markets and a negative but insignificant effect on partnering capability. Only two of the three behavioral elements of the conceptualized DC have significant and positive impacts on export performance. In contrast to the expectations, the direct path coefficient from learning about foreign markets to export performance was found to be positive but insignificant. Originality/value This study contributes to the literature by offering a coherent, multi-level framework of DCs. The study goes beyond previous conceptualizations of DCs and considers various individual-level cognitive and organizational-level behavioral elements of DC for the internationalization of exporting firms. In particular, this study shows the interplay between them and their combined impact on export performance.

scholarly journals Resource-Based View and SMEs Performance Exporting through Foreign Intermediaries: The Mediating Effect of Management Controls

2019 ◽  
Vol 11 (12) ◽  
pp. 3241 ◽  
Author(s):  
Juan Manuel Ramon-Jeronimo ◽  
Raquel Florez-Lopez ◽  
Pedro Araujo-Pinzon
Keyword(s):  
Export Performance ◽  
Management Control ◽  
Mediating Effect ◽  
Relationship Building ◽  
Customer Relationship ◽  
Behavior Control ◽  
Resource Based View ◽  
And Performance ◽  
Building Capability ◽  
The Impact

Following the resource-based view, this research empirically explores the role of formal and informal management control in mobilizing export resources to develop export capabilities, influencing the export performance of small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) in an interorganizational relationship context. Empirical data were collected using a survey administrated online to finance managers in Spanish SMEs which use foreign intermediaries to access export markets. In this setting, evidence mainly suggests, first, that management control systems (MCSs) play a relevant mediating role between the effect of, on the one hand, resources on capabilities, and, on the other hand, resources and capabilities on performance. Second, that MCSs and capabilities play a interrelated double mediating effect between the impact of resources on performance; more specifically, a significant double indirect effect is found (1) between financial resources, behavior control, customer relationship building capability and performance, and (2) between physical resources, behavior control, customer relationship building capability and performance.

Key drivers of SMEs export performance: the mediating effect of competitive advantage

2018 ◽  
Vol 22 (2) ◽  
pp. 257-279 ◽  
Author(s):  
Orlando Rua ◽  
Alexandra França ◽  
Rubén Fernández Ortiz
Keyword(s):  
Competitive Advantage ◽  
Small Firm ◽  
Competitive Strategy ◽  
Textile Industry ◽  
Export Performance ◽  
Methodological Approach ◽  
Mediating Effect ◽  
Leadership Strategies ◽  
Competitive Strategies ◽  
Content Type

Purpose With its focus on the context of small firm internationalization, this paper aims to assess the important contribution of strategic determinants that influence export performance (EP), considering the mediating effect of competitive strategy. Design/methodology/approach Based on survey data from 247 Portuguese small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) exporting textiles, members of the Portugal’s Textile Association (ATP), this research adopted a quantitative methodological approach, conducting an exploratory and transversal empirical study. Findings The paper finds suggest that entrepreneurial orientation (EO) has a positive and significant influence on differentiation and EP. Moreover, the results also highlight the role of intangible resources (IR) in the design of both differentiation and cost leadership strategies, which drives EP. Finally, absorptive capabilities (ACAPs) are highly related with EP. Practical implications The paper provides empirical evidence that EO, IR and ACAPs are predictors of competitive strategies and EP. Moreover, and alongside with firm’s resources, this study validates that competitive strategy does matters for small firm managers and the development of one type of competitive advantage is also a major performance enhancer. Originality/value This study provides fresh insights into entrepreneurship and strategic management literature, as it considers the importance of multiple factors to SMEs business growth. Moreover, this paper presents empirical evidences of the strategies that small firm managers should pursue and policy makers should support. Finally, this is an original study applied to the Portuguese textile industry.

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