Entrepreneurial resilience in turbulent environments: the role of spiritual capital

2020 ◽  
pp. 354-372
Author(s):  
Oluwaseun Kolade ◽  
Abiodun Egbetokun ◽  
David Rae ◽  
Javed Hussain
Keyword(s):  
Spiritual Capital ◽  
Turbulent Environments

The role of demand management in achieving supply chain agility

2014 ◽  
Vol 19 (5/6) ◽  
pp. 577-591 ◽  
Author(s):  
David M. Gligor
Keyword(s):  
Supply Chain ◽  
Conceptual Framework ◽  
Flexible Manufacturing ◽  
Demand Management ◽  
Comprehensive Review ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Turbulent Environments ◽  
Supply Chain Agility ◽  
Managerial Implications

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to explore the role of demand management in achieving supply chain agility (SCA) through a multi-disciplinary review of the relevant research. The systematic literature review provides the basis for formulating a conceptual framework of the relationship. Design/methodology/approach – A systematic, comprehensive review of the literature on manufacturing, marketing organizational and SCA from 1991 through 2013 was conducted. The literature on demand management is also examined to identify the various elements that contribute to SCA. Findings – Most agility frameworks take a supply-side perspective and assume that demand is known. Those that do acknowledge the role of demand fall short of offering a holistic framework that acknowledges the role of both. This paper suggests that it is simply not enough to have flexible manufacturing, distribution and procurement systems to achieve SCA. Flexibility in managing demand is also needed. Furthermore, it is the premise of this paper that demand and supply integration (DSI) inside the firm is critical to achieving SCA. Research limitations/implications – This research is a systematic, integrative review of the existing literature on the concept of agility. As such, the next phase of research needed for theory building will be the operationalization of constructs and testing of the hypothesized relationships proposed by the conceptual framework. Practical implications – The paper has several managerial implications as well. It illustrates how firms can create and sustain competitive advantages in turbulent environments. Managers can use the framework developed here to assess what structures and decision-making processes they can use to increase the firm’s SCA. Practitioners can use this model as a checklist to identify candidate areas for improving agility. The section illustrating the use of knowledge management to increase DSI should be of particular interest to managers, considering that a great deal of firms experience a disconnect between demand creation and supply fulfillment. Originality/value – Through a systematic, comprehensive review of multi-disciplinary literature, the paper explores the role of demand management in achieving SCA.

Entrepreneurial orientation in turbulent environments: The moderating role of absorptive capacity

2014 ◽  
Vol 43 (8) ◽  
pp. 1353-1369 ◽  
Author(s):  
Andreas Engelen ◽  
Harald Kube ◽  
Susanne Schmidt ◽  
Tessa Christina Flatten
Keyword(s):  
Absorptive Capacity ◽  
Entrepreneurial Orientation ◽  
Turbulent Environments ◽  
Moderating Role

scholarly journals Impact of Intellectual Capital on the Organizational Performance of Airline Industry in Malaysia

2015 ◽  
pp. 38-50
Author(s):  
Muhammad Khalique ◽  
Abu Hassan Md. Isa
Keyword(s):  
Human Capital ◽  
Organizational Performance ◽  
Intellectual Capital ◽  
Airline Industry ◽  
Spiritual Capital ◽  
International Airport ◽  
Structural Capital ◽  
Customer Capital ◽  
Technological Capital

This chapter aims to examine the role of intellectual capital in order to enhance the organizational performance of airline industry in Malaysia. Five components of intellectual capital, namely human capital, customer capital, structural capital, technological capital, and spiritual capital, were used to investigate the role of intellectual capital in airline industry in Malaysia. A structured questionnaire was used to gather the required data from Kuala Lumpur, Sultan Ismail Johor Bharu International Airport, and Kuching International Airport. A total of 195 out of 200 useable questionnaires were collected. Multiple regression analysis was employed to test the proposed research hypotheses of this study. The findings show that two variables, namely customer capital and spiritual capital, appeared as significant contributors while the remaining three variables, human capital, structural capital, and technological capital, appeared as insignificant contributors. This is a preliminary study and it could be a milestone for further studies.

The Role of Spiritual Capital in Innovation and Performance: Evidence from Developing Economies

2017 ◽  
Vol 41 (4) ◽  
pp. 621-640 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mitchell J. Neubert ◽  
Steven W. Bradley ◽  
Retno Ardianti ◽  
Edward M. Simiyu
Keyword(s):  
Developing Economies ◽  
Large Body ◽  
Institutional Voids ◽  
Spiritual Capital ◽  
Social Forms ◽  
Significant Relationships ◽  
Start Up ◽  
Additional Influence ◽  
And Performance

Forms of capital play a significant role in the innovation and performance of start–up firms. Current entrepreneurial research has focused on the role of financial, human, and social forms of capital. We build on a large body of theory and research in sociology and economics, proposing spiritual capital as an additional influence where institutional voids are greater in the development contexts studied. Results from microcredit entrepreneurs in Kenya and Indonesia indicate significant relationships between entrepreneurs’ spiritual capital and business innovation and performance, even after accounting for other forms of capital.

The role of supply management resilience in attaining ambidexterity: a dynamic capabilities approach

2016 ◽  
Vol 31 (1) ◽  
pp. 123-134 ◽  
Author(s):  
Reham A. Eltantawy
Keyword(s):  
Dynamic Capabilities ◽  
Capabilities Approach ◽  
Supply Management ◽  
Ecological Resilience ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Turbulent Environments ◽  
Trade Offs ◽  
Exploitation And Exploration ◽  
Resilience Capabilities

Purpose – This study aims to explore the necessary role of supply management (SM) resilience capabilities in making effective trade-offs to attain an ambidextrous state, i.e. the state of attaining exploitation and exploration with dexterity, or achieving high levels of both. Sustainability requires effective trade-offs among economic, environmental and social outcomes while maintaining the longevity of the buying firm. Existing literature highlights the difficulty of making effective trade-offs due to likely tensions between divergent demands, i.e. tensions between exploitative and explorative performance goals. Design/methodology/approach – This conceptual study extends insights from the dynamic capabilities approach to explore the nature of SM resilience and its role in attaining ambidexterity. Findings – This study proposes SM resilience as a multifaceted dynamic capability that is determined by two contrasting aspects of stability (engineering and ecological resilience) that aid the buyer’s firm to ambidextrously adapt and transform in turbulent environments. Practical implications – The study highlights the competencies and resilience capabilities that managers need to develop and maintain in pursuing an effective balance of exploitation and exploration in SM. Originality/value – The proposed framework extends existing SM sustainability frameworks by examining the nature and dimensionality of resilience and linking it to ambidexterity. The proposed framework provides a platform for the integration of theoretical aspects from various research streams; socio-ecological literature, dynamic capabilities and organizational ambidexterity.

Individual Performance in Turbulent Environments: The Role of Organizational Learning Capability and Employee Flexibility

2015 ◽  
Vol 55 (3) ◽  
pp. 363-383 ◽  
Author(s):  
Joaquín Camps ◽  
Víctor Oltra ◽  
Joaquín Aldás-Manzano ◽  
Guillermo Buenaventura-Vera ◽  
Federico Torres-Carballo
Keyword(s):  
Organizational Learning ◽  
Individual Performance ◽  
Learning Capability ◽  
Turbulent Environments

scholarly journals Serving, Contemplating and Praying: Non-Postural Yoga(s), Embodiment and Spiritual Capital

Societies ◽  
2018 ◽  
Vol 8 (3) ◽  
pp. 78 ◽  
Author(s):  
Matteo Di Placido
Keyword(s):  
Cultural Studies ◽  
The Body ◽  
Spiritual Life ◽  
Southern Europe ◽  
Spiritual Capital ◽  
Ex Post ◽  
The Social ◽  
Full Participation ◽  
Moving Body

In this paper, I discuss the role of spiritual seekers’ embodiment of karma, jnana and bhakti yoga(s) in the context of a neo-Vedantic, non-monastic ashram located in southern-Europe, an ashram I regard as an example of modern denominational yoga. Methodologically, I rely on an ex-post multi-sensory autoethnography, involving apprenticeship and full participation immersion, and I share with physical cultural studies a commitment to empirically contextualise the study of the moving body. Theoretically, I employ Shilling’s theory of the body as a multi-dimensional medium for the constitution of society, enriched by other theoretical and sensitising concepts. The findings presented in this paper show that the body of the seekers/devotees can be simultaneously framed as the source of, the location for and the means to, the constitution of the social, cultural and spiritual life of the ashram. As I discuss the development, interiorisation and implementation of serving, contemplative and devotional dispositions, which together form the scheme of dispositions that shape a yogic habitus, I also consider the ties between the specific instances under study and the more general spiritual habitus. The paper ends by broadening its focus in relation to the inclusion of Asian practices and traditions into the Western landscape.

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