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Publication date: 17 July 2011

Developing and Sustaining Change Capability VIA Learning Mechanisms: A Longitudinal Perspective on Transformation

Tobias Fredberg, Flemming Norrgren and Abraham B. (Rami) Shani

Increasing market pressures require organizations to rethink the development of change capability. Building a sustainable and flexible organization capable of responding…

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Increasing market pressures require organizations to rethink the development of change capability. Building a sustainable and flexible organization capable of responding in a timely manner to quickly changing customer demands without compromising technological excellence and quality is a complex task. This chapter builds on a five-year study of transformation efforts at a product development unit of Ericsson. The complexity of designing and managing learning mechanisms as both a transformation engine and a way to improve new product development is captured. The chapter points toward the challenges of designing and managing learning mechanisms that enhance organizational agility.

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Research in Organizational Change and Development
Type: Book
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1108/S0897-3016(2011)0000019007
ISBN: 978-1-78052-022-3

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Publication date: 8 May 2020

Investigating the impact of networking capability on firm innovation performance: using the resource-action-performance framework

Nima Garousi Mokhtarzadeh, Hannan Amoozad Mahdiraji, Ismail Jafarpanah, Vahid Jafari-Sadeghi and Silvio Cardinali

The experience of successful firms has proven that one of the most important ways to promote co-learning and create successful networked innovations is the proper…

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Purpose

The experience of successful firms has proven that one of the most important ways to promote co-learning and create successful networked innovations is the proper application of inter-organizational knowledge mechanisms. This study aims to use a resource-action-performance framework to open the black box on the relationship between networking capability and innovation performance. The research population embraces companies in the Iranian automotive industry.

Design/methodology/approach

Due to the latent nature of the variables studied, the required data are collected through a web-based cross-sectional survey. First, the content validity of the measurement tool is evaluated by experts. Then, a pre-test is conducted to assess the reliability of the measurement tool. All data are gathered by the Iranian Vehicle Manufacturers Association (IVMA) and Iranian Auto Parts Manufacturers Association (IAPMA) samples. The power analysis method and G*Power software are used to determine the sample size. Moreover, SmartPLS 3 and IBM SPSS 25 software are used for data analysis of the conceptual model and relating hypotheses.

Findings

The results of this study indicated that the relationships between networking capability, inter-organizational knowledge mechanisms and inter-organizational learning result in a self-reinforcing loop, with a marked impact on firm innovation performance.

Originality/value

Since there is little understanding of the interdependencies of networking capability, inter-organizational knowledge mechanisms, co-learning and their effect on firm innovation performance, most previous research studies have focused on only one or two of the above-mentioned variables. Thus, their cumulative effect has not examined yet. Looking at inter-organizational relationships from a network perspective and knowledge-based view (KBV), and to consider the simultaneous effect of knowledge mechanisms and learning as intermediary actions alongside, to consider the performance effect of the capability-building process, are the main advantages of this research.

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Journal of Intellectual Capital, vol. 21 no. 6
Type: Research Article
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1108/JIC-01-2020-0005
ISSN: 1469-1930

Keywords

  • Networking capability
  • Inter-organizational knowledge mechanisms
  • Inter-organizational learning
  • Innovation performance

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Article
Publication date: 5 October 2020

Strategic management in family business. The missing concept of the familiness learning mechanism

Ismael Barros-Contreras, Rodrigo Basco, Natalia Martín-Cruz and Juan Hernangómez

The purpose of this article is to provide a comprehensive understanding of the roots of family firms' competitive advantages by defining and testing the familiness learning…

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Purpose

The purpose of this article is to provide a comprehensive understanding of the roots of family firms' competitive advantages by defining and testing the familiness learning mechanisms that emerge from the interaction between family and firm. Because family members are economically, emotionally and socially attached to the firm, family firms are expected to be able to develop unique and difficult to imitate learning mechanisms related to family firm value creation.

Design/methodology/approach

This study operationalizes and tests the concept of the familiness learning mechanism using a sample of nonlisted Spanish family firms. The sample is analyzed using the structural equation modeling method.

Findings

Results show that family firms' ability to accumulate internal and external knowledge, integrate social knowledge, as well as create and retain socioemotional knowledge forms the concept of the familiness learning mechanism, and the authors show what implications it might have for family firm value creation.

Originality/value

By using the dynamic capabilities approach, this article highlights the importance of the knowledge and learning derived from family involvement in the firm. The creation of learning mechanisms occurs because of the close relationships between family members and their simultaneous participation in the family and in the company systems, which creates a unique context wherein knowledge and learning emerge in an idiosyncratic manner.

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Journal of Family Business Management, vol. ahead-of-print no. ahead-of-print
Type: Research Article
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1108/JFBM-10-2019-0066
ISSN: 2043-6238

Keywords

  • Familiness learning mechanism
  • Knowledge accumulation
  • Social knowledge integration
  • Socioemotional knowledge retention
  • Family firm

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Article
Publication date: 18 November 2013

Local knowledge acquisition of foreign subsidiaries in Vietnam and China

Thang V. Nguyen and Jacky F.L. Hong

This paper seeks to examine how foreign subsidiaries of MNCs can acquire new local knowledge by focusing on two intra-organizational factors of learning mechanisms and…

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Purpose

This paper seeks to examine how foreign subsidiaries of MNCs can acquire new local knowledge by focusing on two intra-organizational factors of learning mechanisms and formative organizational context.

Design/methodology/approach

A mail survey was carried out with top managers among manufacturing subsidiaries of multinational corporations (MNCs) located in Hanoi, Vietnam and Guangdong province of China. In total 123 completed questionnaires from MNCs in Hanoi and China were received.

Findings

The results suggested that training and mentoring and formative organizational context has positive association with knowledge acquisition. However, three interaction terms between learning mechanisms (experimentation, socialization, training and mentoring) with formative organizational context are significantly related to knowledge acquisition. Besides, the authors also found a positive and significant association between knowledge acquisition and subsidiary performance.

Practical implications

Building a formative organizational context directly promotes knowledge acquisition and increases the effectiveness of more informal learning mechanisms. Besides, a learning mechanism may work differently in different contexts, and foreign managers need to be aware of when to apply what mechanisms.

Originality/value

The paper argues that the alignment between organizational context and organizational learning mechanisms can help the foreign subsidiaries acquire new knowledge and improve subsequent performance. Local knowledge acquisition in MNCs should be conceived as a deliberate and managed act, requiring a careful selection of both formal and informal mechanisms supported by appropriate contextual conditions in foreign subsidiaries.

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Multinational Business Review, vol. 21 no. 4
Type: Research Article
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1108/MBR-04-2013-0017
ISSN: 1525-383X

Keywords

  • China
  • Vietnam
  • Knowledge acquisition
  • Learning mechanisms
  • MNCs
  • Organizational context

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Publication date: 19 October 2020

How Global Leaders Learn from International Experience: Reviewing and Advancing Global Leadership Development

Natalia Fey

International experience (IE) has been acknowledged to be the most useful method for developing global leaders. However, not everyone benefits equally from IE. During the…

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International experience (IE) has been acknowledged to be the most useful method for developing global leaders. However, not everyone benefits equally from IE. During the last two decades, our understanding of why this is the case and how global leaders learn from IE has rapidly increased. Several individual and organizational enablers facilitating global leader learning from IE have been identified in the literature, as have learning mechanisms that make such learning possible. However, the literature remains fragmented, and there is a great need to integrate the findings in the field. Therefore, the present paper systematically examines peer-reviewed studies on global leaders' learning from IE published between 1998 and 2019. The study contributes to the extant literature by identifying and integrating individual enablers, organizational enablers, and key learning mechanisms from global leaders' IE and by suggesting topics for future research.

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Advances in Global Leadership
Type: Book
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1108/S1535-120320200000013005
ISBN: 978-1-83909-592-4

Keywords

  • Global leader
  • global leadership development
  • developmental method
  • international experience
  • learning process
  • learning mechanism

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Article
Publication date: 18 May 2012

Dynamic capability, knowledge, learning, and firm performance

Shih‐Yi Chien and Ching‐Han Tsai

This paper seeks to apply the dynamic capability framework to explore why store managers within the same chain of restaurants perform differently. Specifically, this paper…

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Purpose

This paper seeks to apply the dynamic capability framework to explore why store managers within the same chain of restaurants perform differently. Specifically, this paper argues that knowledge resources and learning mechanisms are critical to the development of dynamic capabilities.

Design/methodology/approach

The approach takes the form of an empirical data analysis. Hypotheses are tested on 132 store managers in a leading fast‐food restaurant chain in Taiwan.

Findings

The findings indicate that dynamic capabilities increase store performance, and that both knowledge resources and learning mechanisms have a positive effect on dynamic capabilities. In addition, the effect of knowledge resources on dynamic capabilities is partially mediated by the type of learning mechanism.

Practical implications

Store managers must be able to develop dynamic capabilities if they are to deal with the rapidly changing environment they are facing. Knowledge resources and learning mechanisms both improve the development of dynamic capabilities.

Originality/value

This paper conceptualizes and empirically tests the relationships between knowledge resources, learning mechanisms, dynamic capabilities, and performance in the restaurants of a fast‐food chain. In addition, this paper investigates how dynamic capabilities work from a process perceptive by examining the mediation effect of the learning mechanisms.

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Journal of Organizational Change Management, vol. 25 no. 3
Type: Research Article
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1108/09534811211228148
ISSN: 0953-4814

Keywords

  • Dynamic capabilities
  • Knowledge resources
  • Learning mechanisms
  • Performance
  • Learning
  • Learning processes
  • Organizational performance
  • Knowledge management

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Article
Publication date: 7 June 2013

A multi‐strategy machine learning student modeling for intelligent tutoring systems: Based on blackboard approach

Mu‐Jung Huang, Heien‐Kun Chiang, Pei‐Fen Wu and Yu‐Jung Hsieh

This study aims to propose a blackboard approach using multistrategy machine learning student modeling techniques to learn the properties of students' inconsistent…

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Purpose

This study aims to propose a blackboard approach using multistrategy machine learning student modeling techniques to learn the properties of students' inconsistent behaviors during their learning process.

Design/methodology/approach

These multistrategy machine learning student modeling techniques include inductive reasoning (similarity‐based learning), deductive reasoning (explanation‐based learning), and analogical reasoning (case‐based reasoning).

Findings

According to the properties of students' inconsistent behaviors, the ITS (intelligent tutoring system) may then adopt appropriate methods, such as intensifying teaching and practicing, to prevent their inconsistent behaviors from reoccurring.

Originality/value

This research sets the learning object on a single student. After the inferences are accumulated from a group of students, what kinds of students tend to have inconsistent behaviors or under what conditions the behaviors happened for most students can be learned.

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Library Hi Tech, vol. 31 no. 2
Type: Research Article
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1108/07378831311329059
ISSN: 0737-8831

Keywords

  • Student modelling
  • Similarity‐based learning
  • Explanation‐based learning
  • Case‐based reasoning
  • Intelligent tutoring system
  • Learning
  • Students
  • Individual behaviour

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Publication date: 20 June 2008

Learning investments and organizational capabilities: Case studies on the development of project portfolio management capabilities

Catherine P. Killen, Robert A. Hunt and Elko J. Kleinschmidt

The purpose of this paper is to improve understanding and provide guidance for investments in organizational learning mechanisms for the establishment and evolution of…

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The purpose of this paper is to improve understanding and provide guidance for investments in organizational learning mechanisms for the establishment and evolution of organizational capabilities such as project portfolio management (PPM) and project management capabilities.

Design/methodology/approach

A multiple‐case study research project investigates the development of PPM capabilities in six successful organizations across diverse industries.

Findings

The research indicates that PPM and organizational learning are dynamic capabilities that enhance an organization's ability to achieve and maintain competitive advantage in dynamic environments. PPM capabilities are shown to co‐evolve through a combination of tacit experience accumulation, explicit knowledge articulation and explicit knowledge codification learning mechanisms. Although all three learning mechanisms are important throughout the establishment and evolution of PPM capability development, the research indicates that the development of an effective PPM capability will require particularly strong investments in enhancing tacit experience accumulation mechanisms and explicit knowledge codification mechanisms during the initial establishment or during periods of radical change to the PPM process.

Research limitations/implications

The research includes a sample of six case studies and the results may not be generalisable. In addition, the research was conducted over a short period of time whereas a longitudinal study would be required to gain more detailed information about the development of capabilities over time.

Practical implications

The findings suggest that managers can enhance and sustain competitive advantage by investing in tacit experience accumulation as well as explicit knowledge articulation and codification learning mechanisms to develop their PPM capability. Strengthened investment in experience accumulation and knowledge codification learning mechanisms is recommended during establishment of the PPM capability.

Originality/value

This paper contributes to the understanding of the links between organizational learning and the development of dynamic capabilities. Original hypotheses are proposed and some initial support for these hypotheses is provided through multiple‐case study research.

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International Journal of Managing Projects in Business, vol. 1 no. 3
Type: Research Article
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1108/17538370810883800
ISSN: 1753-8378

Keywords

  • Portfolio investment
  • Project management
  • Corporate strategy
  • Organizations
  • Learning
  • Organizational innovation

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Publication date: 1 August 2016

Strategic intent, organizational environment, and organizational learning mechanisms: A multiple-case study in the construction industry in Taiwan

Shih-Chieh Fang and Hung Ku Chen

The purpose of this paper is to develop different kinds of organizational learning mechanisms based on various types of strategic intents (proactive- and…

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The purpose of this paper is to develop different kinds of organizational learning mechanisms based on various types of strategic intents (proactive- and reactive-orientation) and organizational environments (stable and unstable).

Design/methodology/approach

The authors utilized a grounded theory approach, and corroborated the results using multiple interviews and documents related to various cases. The authors determined the inter-judge agreement and performed a composite reliability analysis to ensure the robustness of the research.

Findings

Successful organization learning is contingent upon managerial strategic intent and the organizational environment in which the organization operates. Proactive strategic intent will cultivate a group-oriented learning system, whereas reactive strategic intent emphasizes the effectiveness of personal learning. Firms in an environment marked by radical change utilize experiential learning mechanisms (participation- and experience-orientation), whereas firms in a stable environment use a specialist-knowledge-oriented approach to learning (benchmarking- and specializing-orientation).

Originality/value

The authors offer a theoretical framework two-by-two matrix that has practical implications in providing managers with guidance in selecting the appropriate organizational learning mechanism to implement in their firms.

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Personnel Review, vol. 45 no. 5
Type: Research Article
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1108/PR-11-2014-0266
ISSN: 0048-3486

Keywords

  • Qualitative
  • Case study
  • Qualitative research
  • Organizational learning
  • Strategic management

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Publication date: 9 November 2015

Supply chain relationships as a context for learning leading to innovation

Desirée Knoppen, David Johnston and María Jesús Sáenz

The purpose of this paper is to integrate the literature on learning in the context of boundary spanning innovation in supply chains. A two-dimensional framework is…

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The purpose of this paper is to integrate the literature on learning in the context of boundary spanning innovation in supply chains. A two-dimensional framework is proposed: the learning stage (exploration, assimilation, exploitation) and the learning facet (structural, cultural, psychological and policy). Supply chain management (SCM) practices are examined in light of this framework and propositions for further empirical research are developed.

Design/methodology/approach

In total, 60 empirical papers from the major journals on supply chain relationships published over an 11-year time span (2000-2010) were systematically analyzed.

Findings

The paper reveals a comprehensive set of best practices and identifies four gaps for future research. First, assimilation and exploitation are largely ignored as mediating learning stages between exploration and performance. Second, knowledge brokers and reputation management are key mechanisms that foster assimilation. Third, the iteration from exploitation back to exploration is critical though underdeveloped in efficiency seeking supply chains. Fourth, the literature stresses structural mechanisms of learning, at the expense of a more holistic view of structural, cultural, psychological and policy mechanisms.

Research limitations/implications

The search could be extended to other journals that report on joint learning and innovation.

Practical implications

The framework provides guidelines for practitioners to develop learning capabilities and leverage the knowledge from supply chain partners in order to continuously or radically improve boundary spanning processes and products.

Originality/value

The study is multi-disciplinary; it applies a model developed by learning scholars to the field of SCM.

Details

The International Journal of Logistics Management, vol. 26 no. 3
Type: Research Article
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1108/IJLM-09-2012-0089
ISSN: 0957-4093

Keywords

  • Learning
  • Literature review
  • Supplier relations
  • Innovation
  • Absorptive capacity

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