...Ismaheel Adewumi Raji; M. Muzamil Naqshbandi; Md. Zahidul Islam Purpose This study aims to examine how the relationship between managerial ties (i.e. business ties, political ties and university/research institution ties) and firm performance is mediated by external resource acquisition...

... of business ties ( BT ) in these relationships. Design/methodology/approach Survey data were collected from 624 owners and managers of manufacturing-based SME in India. Partial least squares structural equation modeling was used to test the proposed hypotheses. Findings The results indicate that EM...

...Cevahir Uzkurt; Emre Burak Ekmekcioglu; Semih Ceyhan Purpose Based on the dynamic capability theory, the purpose of this study is to examine the mediating role of the adaptive capability of small- and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) on the relationship between business ties and firm performance...

... theory and the institutional theory, this paper aims to explain how a firm’s business ties and political ties affect contractual governance in an interfirm cooperation, and under which institutional conditions they can play a better role. This study tests conceptual model using questionnaire...

...Volkan Yeniaras; Ilker Kaya Purpose Drawing on the theoretical lens of the job demands-resources model, this study builds upon and tests a conceptual model that links customer prioritization, product complexity, business ties, job stress and customer service performance. Conceptualizing customer...

... that business ties enable and political ties inhibit organizational unlearning (i.e. regenerative dynamic capability), which may, in turn, affect exploratory (i.e. renewing dynamic capability) and exploitative (i.e. incremental dynamic capability) innovation behaviors of the firm. Thus, the purpose...

...Liping Qian; Yiyao Wang; Pianpian Yang Relational norms Government support Business ties Legal enforcement Collaborative performance Contractual execution A conceptual model is developed with the direct effects of contractual execution and relational norms on collaborative...

... uncertainties exist.The authors examine whether innovation behavior binds the political and business ties of the firm to new product performance. They also examine if these effects are contingent on variations in the institutional environment and market environment. Design/methodology/approach Structural...

... and is enhanced when technological uncertainty is high. First, this study sheds light on the interplay between political and business ties by revealing how the buyer’s political ties affect the formation of business ties with unfamiliar suppliers, as represented by the market-based selection of suppliers...

... the curvilinear effects of market learning on radical innovation and outlines the moderation mechanisms of horizontal ties and vertical ties. Radical innovation Business ties Exploitative market learning Explorative market learning Maoyong Cheng is the corresponding author and can be contacted...