scholarly journals Knowledge Sharing and Co-Opetition: Turning Absorptive Capacity into Effectiveness in Consumer Electronics Industries

2019 ◽  
Vol 11 (17) ◽  
pp. 4694 ◽  
Author(s):  
Xiao-Bing Zhang ◽  
Che-Hung Lin ◽  
Kou-Chang Chung ◽  
Fu-Sheng Tsai ◽  
Rung-Tai Wu
Keyword(s):  
Knowledge Sharing ◽  
New Product Development ◽  
Absorptive Capacity ◽  
Structural Equation ◽  
Team Effectiveness ◽  
Consumer Electronics ◽  
Equation Modeling ◽  
New Product Development Teams ◽  
Development Teams ◽  
Team Knowledge Sharing

Despite the literature regarding the potential effects of absorptive capacity on performance, a problem in the extant literature is that few researchers have reported on how such potential effects could be realized. To resolve the problem, we argued that there are chained mediating relationships among other factors in the absorptive-performance relationship. Data were collected from 522 new product development teams in top 30 consumer electronics manufacturers in Taiwan. Structural equation modeling results revealed that: first, absorptive capacity positively influences team knowledge sharing, which positively influences both cooperation and competition (sharing-stimulated co-opetition), which then lead to increased team effectiveness. This study is among the first to contribute by investigating absorptive capacity’s impact on team-level effectiveness; it achieved this by examining the abovementioned mediating relationships. Practically, we found that absorptive capacity could be influential on team effectiveness, if the team exercise good knowledge sharing activities that in turn stimulate co-opetition relations among workers. Collectively, the dynamics of absorptive capacity, knowledge sharing, and co-opetition can form a positive circle for a team’s sustainable effectiveness.

Disseminating the functions of team coaching regarding research and development team effectiveness: Evidence from high-tech industries in Taiwan

2009 ◽  
Vol 37 (1) ◽  
pp. 41-57 ◽  
Author(s):  
Chin-Yun Liu ◽  
Andrew Pirola-Merlo ◽  
Chin-Ann Yang ◽  
Chih Huang
Keyword(s):  
Research And Development ◽  
Team Performance ◽  
Structural Equation ◽  
Team Effectiveness ◽  
Equation Modeling ◽  
High Tech ◽  
Positive Effects ◽  
Team Coaching ◽  
Development Teams ◽  
Sem Analyses

The purpose of this research was to test the predictions of Team Coaching Theory (Hackman & Wageman, 2005) using 137 research and development teams in Taiwan. The results of this study partially supported Hackman and Wageman's theory. Results of the structural equation modeling (SEM) indicated that team coaching functions had positive effects on the team performance processes of effort and skills and knowledge. In addition it was found that the team performance processes of effort and strategy had direct positive impacts on team effectiveness. Further SEM analyses indicated that effort and skills and knowledge both had direct impacts on strategy (which in turn impacted on team effectiveness).

The role of marketing capabilities, absorptive capacity, and innovation performance

2018 ◽  
Vol 36 (4) ◽  
pp. 410-424 ◽  
Author(s):  
Juliana Conceição Noschang da Costa ◽  
Shirlei Miranda Camargo ◽  
Ana Maria Machado Toaldo ◽  
Simone Regina Didonet
Keyword(s):  
Organizational Performance ◽  
New Product Development ◽  
Absorptive Capacity ◽  
Structural Equation ◽  
Innovation Performance ◽  
Equation Modeling ◽  
Marketing Capabilities ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Innovative Capability

Purpose The purpose of this paper is to analyze effects of absorptive capacity (ACAP) on organizational performance. The model looks at the mediating influence of marketing capabilities (innovative capability and new product development capability (NPDC)) and innovation performance (IP). Design/methodology/approach This study takes a quantitative approach by using survey data from 333 Brazilian manufacturer managers involved with strategic marketing processes. Structural equation modeling was used to test the theoretical hypotheses. Findings Results indicate that ACAP does not have a direct impact on organizational performance. The relation is fully mediated by marketing capabilities (innovative capability and NPDC) and IP. Research limitations/implications According to the research findings, managers should put efforts in the ACAP as well as marketing capabilities that will result in better organizational performance. This research is limited to the context of manufacturer firms in Brazil. However, it is suggested that an application of this research can be conducted in different industries and different countries. Originality/value This study contributes to theory and management practice. First, no study has explored all these constructs together. Through the relationship between ACAP and performance, the authors found that marketing capabilities and IP can fully mediate the former proposed relation. The authors’ contribution is the understanding of the role of ACAP influence on performance. Managers should be encouraged to invest in companies’ ACAP as well as marketing capabilities to differentiate themselves from competitors and improve performance.

Supply Chain Reengineering

2012 ◽  
pp. 1334-1349
Author(s):  
David J. Newlands
Keyword(s):  
Supply Chain ◽  
New Product Development ◽  
Consumer Electronics ◽  
Process Reengineering ◽  
Project Leader ◽  
Action Orientation ◽  
New Product Development Teams ◽  
Development Teams ◽  
Set Up ◽  
Participant Observer

This chapter describes a debacle that occurred when a large assembler of fast moving consumer electronics commissioned the set up of a new supply chain. Four key players undertaking five processes were involved. These companies planned to operate sell-buy relationships. Upon starting to ramp-up of the first product component sets, it became clear that companies did not trust their successors to pay for all goods delivered. Similarly, suppliers were not trusted to deliver perfect goods. Companies receiving component sets refused liability for damage or defects introduced by companies further up the supply chain. A remedial quick-fix using centralised inspection at the principal supplier soon was adopted to facilitate supply of complete sets of mechanical parts to the assembler. Significant similarities exist between the case study supply chain and the concepts used in business process reengineering. The chapter identifies stages undertaken to improve an inbound supply chain for complex plastic mouldings assemblies. The principal research methods used were participant-observer and action orientation. All company names have been disguised to comply with confidentiality agreements. The author was a Logistics Project Leader during the period of this research. He acted as an internal consultant for Alpha Co, with responsibilities for encouraging new product development teams to modify the products to take into consideration ‘design for logistics’ concepts.

scholarly journals THE INFLUENCE OF ABSORTIVE CAPACITY AND KNOWLEGDE SHARING ON WOMEN-OWNED SMEs

2018 ◽  
Author(s):  
Hendra Hadiwijaya ◽  
Febrianty
Keyword(s):  
Structural Equation Modeling ◽  
Knowledge Sharing ◽  
Absorptive Capacity ◽  
Significant Influence ◽  
Structural Equation ◽  
Equation Modeling ◽  
Dominant Influence

This study aimed to determine the effect of Absorptive Capacity and Knowledge Sharing on the performance of womenowned SMEs group. The sample of this research was female business actor who joined in Alisah Khadijah group of ICMI Palembang as many as 138 business actors. Analysis of this research used Structural Equation Modeling (SEM) program with Lisrel Program. The result showed that Absorptive Capacity and Knowledge Sharing variable had positive and significant influence on Performance of SME group incorporated in Alisah Khadijah ICMI Palembang. Absorptive Capacity variable had more dominant influence on Performance than Knowledge Sharing variable

Does cultural intelligence promote cross-cultural teams' knowledge sharing and innovation in the restaurant business?

2020 ◽  
Vol 12 (2) ◽  
pp. 183-203 ◽  
Author(s):  
Akaraphun Ratasuk ◽  
Peerayuth Charoensukmongkol
Keyword(s):  
Knowledge Sharing ◽  
Structural Equation ◽  
Cultural Intelligence ◽  
Cross Cultural ◽  
Equation Modeling ◽  
Multiple Sources ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Innovative Performance ◽  
Tourist Destinations ◽  
Team Knowledge Sharing

PurposeThis research investigates knowledge sharing and innovation on the part of culturally diverse teams in the restaurant business and their relation to cultural intelligence (CQ), in which CQ was conceptualized as a team-level variable.Design/methodology/approachSurvey data were collected from 103 cross-cultural teams in restaurants located in five popular tourist destinations in Thailand and were derived from multiple sources to prevent common method bias. The data that measured team CQ and knowledge sharing were collected from all members in each team and were averaged to create aggregate measures at the team level, while the team supervisor evaluated the teams' innovative performance. Partial least squares structural equation modeling was used in the data analysis.FindingsThe results indicated that those teams that demonstrated high CQ tended to exhibit a greater degree of team knowledge sharing and receive higher evaluations of their innovative performance than did those that demonstrated low CQ. The results also showed that team knowledge sharing mediated the relation between team CQ and innovation.Originality/valueCQ's contribution in cross-cultural teams measured at the team level contributes additional knowledge to prior CQ research that rarely has investigated the phenomenon at the aggregate level.

Supply Chain Reengineering

2012 ◽  
pp. 201-218
Author(s):  
David J. Newlands
Keyword(s):  
Supply Chain ◽  
New Product Development ◽  
Consumer Electronics ◽  
Process Reengineering ◽  
Project Leader ◽  
Action Orientation ◽  
New Product Development Teams ◽  
Development Teams ◽  
Set Up ◽  
Participant Observer

This chapter describes a debacle that occurred when a large assembler of fast moving consumer electronics commissioned the set up of a new supply chain. Four key players undertaking five processes were involved. These companies planned to operate sell-buy relationships. Upon starting to ramp-up of the first product component sets, it became clear that companies did not trust their successors to pay for all goods delivered. Similarly, suppliers were not trusted to deliver perfect goods. Companies receiving component sets refused liability for damage or defects introduced by companies further up the supply chain. A remedial quick-fix using centralised inspection at the principal supplier soon was adopted to facilitate supply of complete sets of mechanical parts to the assembler. Significant similarities exist between the case study supply chain and the concepts used in business process reengineering. The chapter identifies stages undertaken to improve an inbound supply chain for complex plastic mouldings assemblies. The principal research methods used were participant-observer and action orientation. All company names have been disguised to comply with confidentiality agreements. The author was a Logistics Project Leader during the period of this research. He acted as an internal consultant for Alpha Co, with responsibilities for encouraging new product development teams to modify the products to take into consideration ‘design for logistics’ concepts.

Organizational performance through the donation and collection of interorganizational knowledge

2016 ◽  
Vol 46 (1) ◽  
pp. 85-103 ◽  
Author(s):  
Felipe Nodari ◽  
Mirian Oliveira ◽  
Antonio Carlos Gastaud Maçada
Keyword(s):  
Knowledge Sharing ◽  
Organizational Performance ◽  
Absorptive Capacity ◽  
Structural Equation ◽  
Equation Modeling ◽  
Future Research ◽  
Quantitative Methodology ◽  
Content Type ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
Positive Effect

Purpose – This paper aims to provide empirical evidence to support the relationship between interorganizational knowledge sharing, absorptive capacity and organizational performance, and proposes that interorganizational knowledge sharing is composed of two processes: knowledge donation and collection. Design/methodology/approach – A quantitative methodology is adopted to examine the proposed relationship between interorganizational knowledge sharing, absorptive capacity and organizational performance. The study uses survey data from 269 companies in Brazil. Structural equation modeling is applied to test the stated hypotheses and the model. Findings – The empirical findings indicate that interorganizational knowledge sharing is composed of the donation and collection of knowledge. Interorganizational knowledge collection is found to have a positive effect on interorganizational knowledge donation, while collection is found to have a positive effect, mediated by absorptive capacity, on organizational performance. Research limitations/implications – One limitation of this research was the predominant participation of smaller companies. Another is that the data were only collected from Brazilian companies. Moreover, an instrument to measure these constructs was proposed and validated to enable future research to be conducted into the process of interorganizational knowledge sharing and its components: knowledge donation and knowledge collection. Practical implications – Managers can enhance organizational performance by developing both the donation and collection of knowledge. Knowledge donation is particularly important because, in addition to its impact on absorptive capacity and organizational performance, it contributes to the development of knowledge collection, which is also indirectly related to performance. Originality value – The donation and collection of knowledge were validated as components of the interorganizational knowledge-sharing process, and the relationship between these processes and organizational performance is mediated by the absorptive capacity of the organization.

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