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TY - JOUR
T1 - International organizational performance
T2 - the influence of congenital learning and realized absorptive capacity
AU - Cegarra Navarro, Juan Gabriel
AU - Eldridge, Stephen
AU - Wandosell, Gonzalo
N1 - This article is (c) Emerald Group Publishing and permission has been granted for this version to appear here. Emerald does not grant permission for this article to be further copied/distributed or hosted elsewhere without the express permission from Emerald Group Publishing Limited.
PY - 2016/4/29
Y1 - 2016/4/29
N2 - PurposeThis paper analyses the relationships between congenital learning and realized absorptive capacity and tries to identify whether absorptive capacity impacts on international organizational performance in today’s global business environment.Design/methodology/approachThe research model and hypothesized relationships are empirically tested using the structural equation modelling approach, validated by factor analysis of 128 SMEs in the UK telecommunications sector.FindingsOur findings suggest that, in order to achieve higher levels of realized absorptive capacity, managers need to create and support a congenital learning process. Furthermore, if an SME does not achieve the required realized absorptive capacity then international organizational performance is likely to deteriorate.Originality/valueSMEs need to provide and support a learning process, which is customised and based on three sub-processes: 1) the framework for transferring knowledge; 2) the framework for transforming knowledge; and 3), an open organizational context. Based on these results, transferring and transforming are important sub-processes but are not sufficient for updating congenital knowledge.
AB - PurposeThis paper analyses the relationships between congenital learning and realized absorptive capacity and tries to identify whether absorptive capacity impacts on international organizational performance in today’s global business environment.Design/methodology/approachThe research model and hypothesized relationships are empirically tested using the structural equation modelling approach, validated by factor analysis of 128 SMEs in the UK telecommunications sector.FindingsOur findings suggest that, in order to achieve higher levels of realized absorptive capacity, managers need to create and support a congenital learning process. Furthermore, if an SME does not achieve the required realized absorptive capacity then international organizational performance is likely to deteriorate.Originality/valueSMEs need to provide and support a learning process, which is customised and based on three sub-processes: 1) the framework for transferring knowledge; 2) the framework for transforming knowledge; and 3), an open organizational context. Based on these results, transferring and transforming are important sub-processes but are not sufficient for updating congenital knowledge.
KW - SMEs
KW - Realized absorptive capacity
KW - Congenital learning
KW - International organizational performance
U2 - 10.1108/JSBED-05-2014-0078
DO - 10.1108/JSBED-05-2014-0078
M3 - Journal article
VL - 23
SP - 453
EP - 473
JO - Journal of Small Business and Enterprise Development
JF - Journal of Small Business and Enterprise Development
SN - 1462-6004
IS - 2
ER -