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TY - JOUR
T1 - Quadratic effects of dynamic decision-making capability on innovation orientation and performance: Evidence from Chinese exporters
AU - Hughes, P.
AU - Souchon, A.L.
AU - Nemkova, E.
AU - Hodgkinson, I.R.
AU - Oliveira, J.S.
AU - Boso, N.
AU - Hultman, M.
AU - Yeboah-Banin, A.A.
AU - Sy-Changco, J.
PY - 2019/11/1
Y1 - 2019/11/1
N2 - This study examines quadratic effects of three export decision-making approaches (planning, creativity and spontaneity) on innovation orientation, and the direct effect of innovation orientation on export market performance. The model, anchored in decision theory and dynamic capabilities, is tested on a sample of Chinese exporting firms using structural equation modelling. Findings indicate that while a greater proclivity to innovate is beneficial for export market performance, a more complex web of relationships is revealed between the three export decision-making approaches and innovation orientation, providing insights on the operationalization of a dynamic decision-making capability. Specifically, while an increasing level of export planning reduces an exporter's capacity to innovate, creativity has a positive direct effect on exporters’ innovation orientation, which also benefits from extreme spontaneity in export decision-making. We discuss theoretical contributions and export managerial implications of this dynamic decision-making capability for industrial marketing management.
AB - This study examines quadratic effects of three export decision-making approaches (planning, creativity and spontaneity) on innovation orientation, and the direct effect of innovation orientation on export market performance. The model, anchored in decision theory and dynamic capabilities, is tested on a sample of Chinese exporting firms using structural equation modelling. Findings indicate that while a greater proclivity to innovate is beneficial for export market performance, a more complex web of relationships is revealed between the three export decision-making approaches and innovation orientation, providing insights on the operationalization of a dynamic decision-making capability. Specifically, while an increasing level of export planning reduces an exporter's capacity to innovate, creativity has a positive direct effect on exporters’ innovation orientation, which also benefits from extreme spontaneity in export decision-making. We discuss theoretical contributions and export managerial implications of this dynamic decision-making capability for industrial marketing management.
KW - China
KW - Decision-making
KW - Dynamic capabilities
KW - Export market performance
KW - Exporting
KW - Innovation
KW - Quadratic effects
U2 - 10.1016/j.indmarman.2018.11.005
DO - 10.1016/j.indmarman.2018.11.005
M3 - Journal article
VL - 83
SP - 59
EP - 69
JO - Industrial Marketing Management
JF - Industrial Marketing Management
SN - 0019-8501
ER -