The mediating effect of absorptive capacity and relational capital in alliance learning of SMEs

Author

So-Jin YOO, United Arab Emirates University
Olukemi SAWYERR, California State Polytechnic University
Wee Liang TAN, Singapore Management UniversityFollow

Publication Type

Journal Article

Version

submittedVersion

Publication Date

10-2016

Abstract

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.

Discipline

Entrepreneurial and Small Business Operations | Strategic Management Policy

Research Areas

Strategy and Organisation

Publication

Journal of Small Business Management

Volume

54

Issue

S1

First Page

234

Last Page

255

ISSN

0047-2778

Identifier

10.1111/jsbm.12299

Publisher

Wiley: 24 months

Citation

YOO, So-Jin; SAWYERR, Olukemi; and Wee Liang TAN. The mediating effect of absorptive capacity and relational capital in alliance learning of SMEs. (2016). Journal of Small Business Management. 54, (S1), 234-255.
Available at: https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/lkcsb_research/4987

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Additional URL

https://doi.org/10.1111/jsbm.12299