Exploring the influence of resource environments on absorptive capacity development: The case of emerging market firms |
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| Affiliation: | 1. Kansas State University, College of Business Administration, Department of Management, 3091 Business Building, 1301 Lovers Lane, Manhattan, KS 66506, United States;2. University of Memphis, Fogelman College of Business and Economics, Department of Management, 220 Fogelman Executive Center, Memphis, TN 38152, United States;3. University of Arkansas, Sam M. Walton College of Business, Department of Management, 402 Business Building, Fayetteville, AR 72701, United States;1. Université de Lorraine and Ecricome Universa, Nancy, France;2. Research Department, Central Bank of Albania, Sheshi “Skënderbej”, nr. 1, Tiranë, Albania;3. ICN Business School, 13 Rue Michel Ney, 54000 Nancy, France;1. Department of Management, Bologna, Italy;2. Department of Industrial and Information Engineering & Economics, University of L’Aquila, Italy;1. Sun Yat-Sen Business School, Sun Yat-Sen University, Guangzhou, Guangdong Province, China;2. Texas Christian University, Fort Worth, TX 76129, USA;3. City University London, London, UK;4. Vienna University of Economics and Business, Vienna, Austria;1. Department of Business Administration, Enterprise & Social Development Research Centre, Hong Kong Shue Yan University, North Point, Hong Kong;2. Department of Management, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shatin, N.T., Hong Kong;3. School of Business, Renmin University of China, Beijing, China |
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| Abstract: | Research recognizes that emerging market firms (EMFs) have relatively underdeveloped absorptive capacity. Yet, scarce attention has been paid to the conditions that constrain or facilitate EMFs’ absorptive capacity development. In this article, we explore how differences in home country resource environments influence EMFs’ absorptive capacity. We suggest that home country institutions and factor markets influence EMFs’ choice among three learning strategies: duplicative imitation, creative imitation, and innovation. Building on the organizational learning perspective, we then explore how learning strategies of EMFs’ from different emerging economies influence their preferences with respect to sources of new knowledge, and consequently the implications of these strategic choices for their absorptive capacity. |
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| Keywords: | Emerging market firms Organizational learning Knowledge Absorptive capacity Institutions Factor markets |
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