Does enabling control systems and relational capabilities foster conflict management in innovation ecosystems?
Abstract
Purpose
This paper aims to analyze the effects of enabling management control systems (MCSs) and relational capabilities (interorganizational learning and coordination) on conflict management in innovation ecosystems.
Design/methodology/approach
Shedding light on relational governance, structural equation modeling (symmetric analysis) and qualitative comparative fuzzy-set analysis (asymmetric analysis) were applied to a sample of 164 Brazilian firms associated with science and technology parks (STPs), a specific type of innovation ecosystem.
Findings
The results of the symmetric analysis showed that enabling MCSs have a direct and positive effect on conflict management, as well indirect effects through interorganizational learning and coordination. The results of the asymmetric analysis indicated four solutions to promote high levels of conflict management, with enabling MCS solutions standing out, as they are present in the majority of cases in the sample.
Originality/value
Interorganizational conflict in innovation ecosystems are inevitable, but the previous literature is inconclusive about how the interrelation between MCS and relational capabilities can foster the management of these conflicts. By providing evidence on the predictors and solutions that lead to high levels of conflict management, this study presents valuable insights into how firms and STPs can mutually promote organizational and relational benefits throughout the innovation activities developed among those involved in innovation ecosystems.
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Acknowledgements
The authors grateful to the anonymous reviewers and the editors for the constructive comments and guidance. The authors also appreciate the helpful comments received from participants at the XLVI EnANPAD. This work was supported by the UNIEDU Program of the State of Santa Catarina, the Coordination for the Improvement of Higher Education Personnel (Coordenação de Aperfeiãoamento de Pessoal de Nível Superior – CAPES), Brazil, under the Finance Code 001; the Foundation for Research and Innovation Support of the State of Santa Catarina (FAPESC), Brazil and the National Council for Scientific and Technological Development (Conselho Nacional de Desenvolvimento Científico e Tecnológico – CNPq), Brazil.
Since acceptance of this article, the following author has updated their affiliation: Anderson Betti Frare is at the Federal University of Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
Citation
Luiz, T.T., Frare, A.B. and Beuren, I.M. (2023), "Does enabling control systems and relational capabilities foster conflict management in innovation ecosystems?", Journal of Business & Industrial Marketing, Vol. ahead-of-print No. ahead-of-print. https://doi.org/10.1108/JBIM-05-2022-0213
Publisher
:Emerald Publishing Limited
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