scholarly journals The Influence of Corporate Networks on the Competitive Advantage of High Technology Enterprises in China: The Mediating Effects of Dynamic Capacities and Ambidextrous Combination

2021 ◽  
Vol 9 (3) ◽  
pp. 42
Author(s):  
Huayun Wang ◽  
Zhuoran Zhang
Keyword(s):  
Competitive Advantage ◽  
Comparative Advantage ◽  
Structural Equation ◽  
Dynamic Capabilities ◽  
Manufacturing Sector ◽  
High Technology ◽  
Competitive Advantages ◽  
Mediating Effects ◽  
External Resources ◽  
Corporate Networks

As an essential channel to obtain external resources and information, corporate networks have played a key role in enhancing the competitive advantage of firms, especially during the period where most of the high-technology firms in China started to directly seek means other than import technology to boost their competitive advantages. However, there was still ambiguity concerning how exactly corporate networks would affect comparative advantage. This study sought to expose the internal mechanisms among two aspects of corporate networks, namely, the network strength and the network centrality, and competitive advantage. We also examined the mediating effects of the dynamic capabilities and the ambidextrous combination. Managers of 384 high technology enterprises in China were interviewed via telephone calls during the period of January to June 2020. The data were analyzed by utilizing the structural equation method, and the results show that both dynamic capacities and the ambidextrous combination significantly mediate the relationship between corporate networks and firms’ comparative advantage, where the two mediators also had a significant relationship with each other. Moreover, the multigroup analysis also unveiled that the corporate networks had a greater impact on competitive advantage and the ambidextrous combination in the manufacturing sector, while small-sized enterprises and service enterprises would benefit more than others from the improvement in the dynamic capabilities and ambidextrous combination. Our findings fill the gap in the literature and provide useful information to firms in China on how to allocate internal and external resources to enhance their competitive advantages.

scholarly journals Dynamic Capabilities and Competitive Advantage of Telecommunication Companies in Ghana. The Role of Innovation Capability

2021 ◽  
pp. 146-160
Author(s):  
Nana Esi Quagraine ◽  
Cai Li ◽  
Isaac Ahakwa ◽  
Nana Aba Quagraine
Keyword(s):  
Competitive Advantage ◽  
Structural Equation ◽  
Dynamic Capabilities ◽  
Discriminant Validity ◽  
Internal Consistency Reliability ◽  
Equation Modeling ◽  
Innovation Capability ◽  
Sustainable Performance ◽  
Convergent And Discriminant Validity ◽  
Telecommunication Companies

This paper explored the link between dynamic capabilities, innovation capabilities, and competitive advantage of telecommunication companies in Ghana, considering a mediation interaction. Data were obtained from two hundred and fifty (250) employees from selected telecommunication companies in the Accra metropolis through simple random probability sampling. However, two hundred and forty-two (242) responses were deemed accurate and used in the analysis. Partial Least Squares (PLS) based on Structural Equation Modeling (SEM) was employed in the analysis. From the findings, this study’s data met internal consistency reliability, convergent, and discriminant validity. Dynamic capabilities had a positive and significant impact on innovation capability and competitive advantage. Also, dynamic capabilities through innovation capability positively impacted competitive advantage and were statistically significant. Based on the findings, it’s recommended that organizations and managers consider both exploitation and exploration competencies in product development as both competencies influence various aspects of an organization’s competitive advantage, as this will help ensure organizations’ sustainable performance and thus remain competitive.

scholarly journals Implications and Competitiveness of Regions on Regional Development of Central Java

2014 ◽  
Vol 15 (2) ◽  
pp. 158
Author(s):  
Daryono Soebagiyo
Keyword(s):  
Competitive Advantage ◽  
Regional Development ◽  
Comparative Advantage ◽  
High Efficiency ◽  
Competitive Advantages ◽  
Regional Competitiveness ◽  
Regional Productivity ◽  
Central Java ◽  
The City ◽  
Efficiency And Productivity

Regional Competitiveness be one of the issues in regional development policy since the enactment of regional autonomy. Based on the results of the efficiency analysis found 11 areas of the city and district have the efficiency and 4 districts do not have the efficiency. Regional Competitiveness in Central Java based Comparative Advantage and Competitive known regions that have a high comparative and competitive advantages consist of 4 areas. Regional Mapping Based on Efficiency and Productivity Local known areas that have high efficiency and productivity which consists of 4 areas. Based Competitive Advantage Regional Productivity is high and not found. Under the Regional Competitiveness and Regional Productivity high was not found. Based on Comparative Advantage and Regional Development area there are 4 high. Based Competitive Advantage and Regional Development of high there are 2 areas. Based on Regional Productivity and Regional Development of high there are 2 counties and cities

Dynamic capabilities: antecedents and implications for firms' performance

2021 ◽  
Vol ahead-of-print (ahead-of-print) ◽  
Author(s):  
Ricardo Jorge Correia ◽  
Mário Sérgio Teixeira ◽  
José G. Dias
Keyword(s):  
Structural Equation ◽  
Dynamic Capabilities ◽  
Structural Equation Models ◽  
Causal Link ◽  
Competitive Advantages ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Mediating Role ◽  
Strategic Orientations ◽  
The Relationship

PurposeThis paper aims to explore a new causal link between learning, market and entrepreneurial orientations and firms' performance by introducing dynamic capabilities and competitive advantages as mediator variables.Design/methodology/approachThe mediating role of dynamic capabilities and competitive advantages is tested using a sample of 1,190 Portuguese firms, and structural equation models.FindingsIt is shown that dynamic capabilities mediate the relationship between the three orientations–learning, market and entrepreneurial–and competitive advantages of differentiation and cost leadership, and both competitive advantages lead to firm's performance. It is also shown that learning orientation is an antecedent of market orientation and entrepreneurial orientation.Practical implicationsThis research shows that firm's performance depends on the capacity of firms to learn, innovate, be proactive, take risks and collect the best market data. Indeed, by optimizing the internal management and knowledge dissemination, firms will develop a set of capabilities and competitive advantages that lead to an appropriate response to market challenges.Originality/valueThis study tests the relationship between strategic orientations and firm's performance by taking the mediating effects of dynamic capabilities and competitive advantages into account. This research was conducted in Portugal.

scholarly journals Gender and Comparative Advantage: Feminist–Heterodox Theorizing about Globalization

Economies ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 7 (2) ◽  
pp. 35
Author(s):  
Shaianne T. Osterreich
Keyword(s):  
Competitive Advantage ◽  
Gender Equity ◽  
Comparative Advantage ◽  
Value Chain ◽  
Manufacturing Sector ◽  
Empirical Work ◽  
Value Chain Analysis ◽  
Trade Patterns ◽  
Industrial Sectors ◽  
The Impact

Heterodox feminist scholars have argued that global trade patterns reflect patterns of competitive advantage—rather than comparative advantage—and that that competitive advantage is gendered. Further, they have suggested that we need more theoretical and empirical scholarship in this area. This paper assesses the state of the literature against this call to action for more feminist–heterodox work on trade, with an emphasis on the manufacturing sector. New strands on the impact of gender on global production have been developed, including (a) integrating gender relations into global value chain analysis, (b) empirical work examining possible trends in the de-feminization of industrial sectors with technological upgrading, and (c) conceptual and empirical work on the interplay between gender, social provisioning, informal work, and the informalization of formal work. The first two strands, although well developed, would benefit from more research that is better integrated with the third strand. Further, this whole range of scholarly work needs to contend more broadly with the causes and effects of persistent gender-based occupational segregation, which underpins all three strands of work. A lot of excellent work has been done, and yet, more scholarship is needed to best understand the extent to which employment in industrial exports can function as a means to gender equity, empowerment, and mobility.

Unbundling dynamic capabilities in successful Asian-Pacific shipping companies

2017 ◽  
Vol 11 (2) ◽  
pp. 113-134 ◽  
Author(s):  
Andrejs Čirjevskis
Keyword(s):  
Decision Making ◽  
Competitive Advantage ◽  
Dynamic Capabilities ◽  
Strategic Decision ◽  
Strategic Decision Making ◽  
Illustrative Case ◽  
Competitive Advantages ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Asian Pacific ◽  
Micro Foundations

Purpose This paper aims to add to the understanding of dynamic capabilities (DC) as sources of competitive advantage of successful Asian-Pacific shipping companies by demonstrating that DC development unfolds in three steps, from recognition that the environment has changed, to the decision to deploy DC, to assets re-orchestration. Design/methodology/approach Based on an approach involving two illustrative case studies, the author analyzed DC development of Chinese and Singaporean-based shipping groups in depth. The analysis was centered on DC by investigating how strategic decision-making on vertical integration, diversification and implementation of new technologies can be underpinned by developing DC to create sustained advantages. Findings The author found that strategic components of DC are rooted in strategic decision-making to initiate changes on the corporate and even on an operational level. Research limitations/implications While capability development is thoroughly studied, capability erosion has not been integrated into the research. The exploration of human capital as a firm’s idiosyncratic resource in assets orchestration capabilities can be future work. Practical implications The proposed research contributes to the debate on micro foundations of DC and provides insights for practitioners striving for retaining competitive advantages. Social implications Regarding implications for the society, the research shows how the DC serve to generate competitive advantages. The author has presented a logical structure of the competitive advantage paradigm as a product of DC and business models that can be useful to decision makers. Originality/value The research offers insights into the composition of micro foundations of DC and demonstrates that DC can be unbounded into well-known and concrete strategic and operational management activities.

scholarly journals Business Innovation and Competitive Advantage in Nigerian Manufacturing Sector

2020 ◽  
Vol 9 (2) ◽  
pp. 37-43
Author(s):  
Moruff Sanjo Oladimeji ◽  
Olasunkanmi Akeem Amida ◽  
Ekong Akpan Essien
Keyword(s):  
Competitive Advantage ◽  
Dynamic Capabilities ◽  
Survey Design ◽  
Manufacturing Sector ◽  
Simple Random Sampling ◽  
Sampling Procedure ◽  
Business Innovation ◽  
Ogun State ◽  
Descriptive Survey ◽  
The Impact

The study examined the impact of business innovation on competitive advantage in the Nigerian Manufacturing Sector.  The study was anchored on the theory of the resource-based theory and the dynamic capabilities theory. The descriptive survey design was employed. The population for the study comprised 496 staff of Nestle Nigeria Plc, Ogun State. A sample size of 217 respondents was selected through stratified sampling and a simple random sampling procedure. The questionnaire was administered to the respondents, out of which 207 were retrieved and subjected to further analysis. The stated hypotheses were tested using ordinal regression. The results showed that business innovation has a significant effect on the cost of the product (R2=0.729, F=11.237; p<.05), the sales of the product (R2=0.643, F=3.408; p<.05) and the quality of the product (R=0.845, R2=0.714, F=10.903; p<.05). The study recommended that multinational companies should pay more attention to customer satisfaction by increasing product quality. Emphasis should also be placed on innovation in order to cut a competitive edge. 

Linking strategic entrepreneurship to business growth in Iranian IoT-based companies

Kybernetes ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol ahead-of-print (ahead-of-print) ◽  
Author(s):  
Babak Ziyae ◽  
Majid Vagharmousavi
Keyword(s):  
Competitive Advantage ◽  
Structural Equation ◽  
Dynamic Capabilities ◽  
Business Strategies ◽  
Equation Modeling ◽  
Continuous Change ◽  
Business Growth ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Strategic Entrepreneurship ◽  
The Relationship

Purpose Strategic entrepreneurship (SE) is effective in the formation of business strategies that involve simultaneous opportunity-seeking and advantage-seeking behaviors. SE revitalizes firms to achieve competitive advantage in the current turbulent markets. The purpose of this paper is to understand in more detail how SE influences business growth (BG) through the lens of dynamic capabilities (DC) theory. Design/methodology/approach Using a quantitative research method and structural equation modeling technique, the measurement and structural models were developed to test the research hypotheses. For this purpose, a survey was conducted among 159 internet of thing (IoT)-based companies in Iran. Findings The findings show that DC theory provides the theoretical underpinning to describe the effect of SE and its dimensions on entrepreneurial opportunity recognition (EOR). Results also reveal that EOR mediates the relationship between SE and BG. Furthermore, this research empirically verifies that organizational entrepreneurship and value creation moderate the relationship between EOR and BG. Originality/value IoT identifies a pathway for continuous change that helps to improve firms’ competitiveness and innovation. This paper provides a new insight into how Iranian IoT-based companies can enhance their SE to recognize entrepreneurial opportunities and gain competitive advantage. Mainly, this study singles out and discusses the variegated features that characterize the implementation of SE by Iranian IoT-based companies having different characteristics.

Does law as resource bring a competitive advantage to companies?

2021 ◽  
Vol ahead-of-print (ahead-of-print) ◽  
Author(s):  
Fernando Teixeira ◽  
João J. Ferreira ◽  
Pedro Mota Veiga
Keyword(s):  
Competitive Advantage ◽  
Structural Equation Model ◽  
Structural Equation ◽  
Design Methodology ◽  
Equation Model ◽  
Competitive Advantages ◽  
Sustainable Competitive Advantage ◽  
Business Law ◽  
Content Type ◽  
The Law

Purpose Resources and their analysis are essential to understand better companies’ internal and external dynamics and the weight each has in obtaining competitive advantages over the competition. This study aims to address the law and legal knowledge as a fundamental resource for companies to succeed in the markets to obtain a sustainable competitive advantage. Design/methodology/approach Based upon a sample of 200 managers, a structural equation model was used to validate the hypotheses under study. Findings Results show awareness and managers’ perception of the importance of law as a resource and its advantages for companies and the dichotomy between recognising this importance and not using it consistently. Originality/value Knowing the scope of business law and its growing importance for companies and being academically aware of the inexistence of studies that analyse the law as an individualised resource for companies, this study has a crucial contribution to the interconnection of these two fields – business and law.

The Effect of Business Environment and Innovation Spirit on Competitive Advantages and Implications on Marketing Performance of Ulos Weaving in North Sumatra

2019 ◽  
Vol 9 (8) ◽  
pp. 1782
Author(s):  
Nikous Soter SIHOMBING ◽  
Anton SIHOMBING
Keyword(s):  
Competitive Advantage ◽  
Structural Equation ◽  
Sample Selection ◽  
Business Environment ◽  
Positive Influence ◽  
Equation Modeling ◽  
Competitive Advantages ◽  
Verification Method ◽  
Marketing Performance ◽  
Analysis Technique

The purpose of this study is to obtain empirical evidence and find clarity of phenomena and conclusions about the influence of business environment and innovation spirit to competitive advantage and its implications on marketing performance. This research uses descriptive and verification method, with data analysis technique of Structural Equation Modeling (SEM) LISREL program, that is collecting, presenting, analyzing, doing model measurement, and hypothesis testing, and making conclusion and suggestion. The population is owner / leader of SMI weaving ulos which is targeted group by Industry and Trade Office of North Sumatera Province, while sample selection is done proportional cluster stratified random sampling and sample determination by Slovin formula.  The results of this study showed that the business environment, innovation spirit, competitive advantage, and overall marketing performance are in good category. Similarly, the verify analysis proves empirically that (1) the business environment and innovation spirit significantly and positively affect the simultaneous competitive advantage, where the innovation spirit has a dominant influence, (2) the business environment has a significant and positive influence on the competitive advantage, (3) innovation spirit significantly and positively influence to competitive advantage, (4) competitive advantage significantly and positively influence to marketing performance.

Geographic clustering, network relationships and competitive advantage

2014 ◽  
Vol 52 (5) ◽  
pp. 852-871 ◽  
Author(s):  
Han-Sheng Lei ◽  
Chin-Hua Huang
Keyword(s):  
Competitive Advantage ◽  
Structural Equation ◽  
Theoretical Perspective ◽  
Equation Modeling ◽  
Competitive Advantages ◽  
Network Resources ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Geographic Cluster ◽  
Industrial Network ◽  
The Right

Purpose – There are contradicted perspectives on relationship between geographic cluster and competitive advantage of firms in previous research. Extant research has paid extremely attention to the effect of both geographic cluster and industrial network on firms’ performance; however, little studies have delineated the relationship between geographic cluster, industrial network, and competitive advantage. The purpose of this paper is to demonstrate that firms within the same cluster that have established idiosyncratic network resources have stronger competitive advantages than firms that have not. Design/methodology/approach – An empirical study of two prominent geographic clusters from Taiwan is analyzed by structural equation modeling. Findings – The results indicate that the degree of networking does play a mediating role between geographic cluster and competitive advantage, which may help resolve the conflicting results obtained by researchers on the influence of clusters on competitive advantage. The results also find that both degree of networking and betweenness position are conducive to the pursuit of competitive advantage. Practical implications – The research shows that firms merely locate themselves in the right cluster does not guarantee they can outperform their rivals. Rather, developing of network relationship with other firms proximate to the same cluster will strengthen a firm's competitive advantages. Originality/value – In the theoretical perspective, this paper attempts to fill the gap in the links between clusters, networks, and competitive advantage by providing that the networking as a mechanism for firms in a cluster to improve their competitive advantage.

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