Understanding pioneering orientation in tourism clusters: Market dynamism and social capital

The aim of this paper is to study whether and how closed ties and diverse ties moderate the relationship between firms' market dynamism and pioneering orientation in a tourism cluster. We use original data on a sample of 215 firms belonging to the World Heritage Cities of Spain. The results show a curvilinear U-shaped relationship between market dynamism and pioneering orientation. This relationship is accentuated by higher closed ties, and is attenuated by higher diverse ties. Managers are advised to pay attention to changes in consumers’ needs so as to identify first-mover opportunities. Furthermore, firms located within tourism clusters might benefit from developing social capital. Specifically, managers should strengthen their closed ties when market dynamism is high and their diverse ties when the first changes in the market emerge.     

外部环境、资产专用性与资本结构决策——基于联立方程系统的实证分析

以深、沪两市2003—2006年762家上市公司为研究样本,对外部环境、资产专用性与资本结构之间的关系进行了探讨。实证研究结果表明,外部环境显著地影响资本结构,具体表现为资本结构与产品市场竞争强度、环境动态性存在显著的正相关关系;资本结构与以营业费用比例度量的资产专用性之间存在显著反馈关系。     

创业导向与组织绩效的关系

复杂多变的市场环境促使越来越多的公司采取创业导向战略。本研究在总结影响公司创业导向影响因素的基础上,结合公司所具备的创业导向的水平及维度,考察创业导向、环境动态性和创业者特质的关系,探索创业导向如何影响绩效这一复杂的动态过程,以更有效地提高组织绩效。     

Nonlinear dynamism of innovation and business cycles

The aim of this paper is to describe the nonlinear dynamism of innovation and to clarify the role of innovation for economic development in terms of Kondratiev business cycles, especially the causal relation of the bubble economy and depressions with innovations. Any paradigm of technological innovation develops within a definite time span reaching maturity. This nonlinear nature clarifies many characteristic features of innovation. Schumpeters innovation theory on business cycles is examined through this dynamism. Trunk innovation is defined as that which plays a decisive role in building infrastructures and inducing subsequent innovations. Every innovation has its own technological development period just before the innovation diffusion. The emergence of new markets can be estimated by chasing the ongoing technologies.JEL Classification: E32, L16, O11, O14, O30Paper presented at the 9th Conference of the International J.A. Schumpeter Society, Gainesville, Florida, USA.Previous affiliation was Ryutsu Kagaku University, Faculty of Information Science, Kobe, Japan.     

环境动态性、资本结构与公司绩效关系的实证研究

有关资本结构选择的研究受到了业界、理论界越来越多的关注 ,因为资本结构决定治理结构 ,进而与公司绩效紧密相联。目前 ,国内对资本结构与公司绩效之间关系的研究缺乏理论依据和实证检验。本文通过融合组织经济学和战略管理学理论 ,研究环境动态性对我国上市公司资本结构及公司绩效的关系。文章对深交所截至 2 0 0 1年 1 2月 31日的共 1 5 3家上市公司 ( 765个样本观测值 )的环境动态性、资本结构与公司绩效关系进行了实证研究 ,旨在检验在我国这样一个以环境动态性为主要特征的转轨经济国家 ,上市公司资本结构与公司绩效之间的关系。     

动态环境对公司创业战略与绩效关系的调节效应研究

本文研究创新、冒险、先动、竞争侵略等公司创业战略倾向与绩效的关系在动态环境中的表现。研究结果显示动态环境对公司创业战略—绩效关系存在调节效应。本文在部分实证研究结果上,取得了不同于国外学者的研究结论（动态环境对于先动性与绩效的关系具有负向调节效应）,这种差异性正好反映了中国转型经济环境对于公司创业战略决策和结果的影响,这对于理解、解释中国企业的创业战略决策及其绩效具有启发意义。     

Dynamic capabilities,environmental dynamism,and competitive advantage: Evidence from China

Some scholars hold that dynamic capability is one of the key in searching for competitive advantage in strategic management. But there are still debates on the definition and effects of dynamic capabilities and the role of environmental dynamism. In the context of Chinese-like emerging economies, from a strategic process perspective, this study defines dynamic capability as the firms' potential to systematically solve problems, formed by its propensity to sense opportunities and threats, to make timely decisions, and to implement strategic decisions and changes efficiently to ensure the right direction, and also explores the relationship between dynamic capabilities and competitive advantage and, the role environmental dynamism plays. With an empirical study of 217 enterprises in China, this study finds that dynamic capabilities do significantly positively affect competitive advantage, and environmental dynamism is a driver rather than a moderator.     

Open search strategies and firm performance: The different moderating role of technological environmental dynamism

Mainly driven by the rapid progress of the ‘open innovation’ paradigm, previous research has devoted considerable efforts in investigating how the degree of openness to external knowledge influences firms׳ innovation performance. However, much less is known about its impact on performance at the firm level. Moreover, the question of which open search strategy is more suitable depending on environmental features is unresolved. We focus on breadth and depth as two distinct open search strategies and claim that, besides their different benefits in terms of learning and innovation, it is also necessary to consider their costs. Based on survey data of 248 high-technology manufacturing Spanish firms, this study extends recent research about the context dependency of openness effectiveness by showing that the effect of these two open search strategies on perceived firm performance is contingent with technological environmental dynamism in a reverse fashion. While search breadth is found to be positively associated with performance in less technologically dynamic environments, it seems to hurt performance in more dynamic contexts. On the contrary, while search depth is found to have a positive effect on performance in highly technologically dynamic environments, it appears to harm firm performance in more stable contexts.     

The moderating effect of environmental dynamism on the ownership and performance relationship

Agency theory posits a positive relationship between insider ownership and organizational performance. Past empirical studies examining this issue have not firmly established this relationship. The current study postulates and tests the moderating effect of environmental dynamism on the insider ownership and performance nexus. Implications and future research directions are considered. © 1998 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.     

When do Dynamic Capabilities Lead to Competitive Advantage? The Importance of Strategic Fit

Recent studies suggest the relationship between dynamic capabilities and competitive advantage may be jointly affected by organizational and environmental factors. We enrich this nascent perspective by developing a configurational theoretical framework – underpinned by the mechanism of strategic fit – wherein dynamic capabilities lead to a competitive advantage when they support a strategic orientation appropriate for the levels of dynamism and munificence in the environment. Results of a fuzzy‐set Qualitative Comparative Analysis using primary data show that dynamic capabilities lead to a competitive advantage in dynamic, munificent environments by enabling the combination of differentiation and low‐cost orientations. In stable, non‐munificent environments, dynamic capabilities are effective in support of a low‐cost orientation. The central insight of this study is that the relationship between dynamic capabilities and competitive advantage is contingent upon the strategic fit between organizational and environmental factors, contributing to a more rigorous and configurational dynamic capabilities view.