The Mediating Effect of Absorptive Capacity and Relational Capital in Alliance Learning of SMEs

Autor: So-Jin Yoo, Olukemi O. Sawyerr, Wee Liang Tan
Rok vydání: 2016
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Zdroj: Journal of Small Business Management. 54:234-255
ISSN: 0047-2778
DOI: 10.1111/jsbm.12299
Popis: No business can create all the resources needed to prosper and grow. Collaboration among businesses that possess complementary resources is often necessary for survival and growth. Despite their importance and implications for alliance learning, no empirical study has to date attempted to investigate how the determinants of learning interact with each other, and are linked to the outcomes of alliance learning. This study contributes to the role of learning intent, absorptive capacity, and relational capital in enhancing learning activities and outcomes by empirically examining the relationships among these learning determinants and how they affect innovative SMEs’ technological and nontechnological learning in alliance relationships.
Databáze: OpenAIRE