Implementing Strategic Resilience Through Cooperation Projects with Start-ups: a Multiple Case Study

Q3 Economics, Econometrics and Finance

Schmalenbachs Zeitschrift fur Betriebswirtschaftliche Forschung Pub Date : 2023-11-02 DOI:10.1007/s41471-023-00173-z

Ann-Kathrin Dieterle, Stephanie Duchek

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Abstract Strategic resilience is the capacity of organizations to proactively transform and renew through innovation to minimize the effects of unknown future crises. In this context, we know that cooperation plays an essential role as an external innovation strategy, and cooperation projects with start-ups related to innovation are one specific way to implement strategic change. However, research does not provide deeper insights into the process, outcomes, and success conditions of such projects. To help fill this research gap, we use the cases of two established firms using cooperation projects with start-ups related to innovation to enhance their strategic resilience. Based on an in-depth empirical investigation, we developed a framework that describes the specifics of those cooperation projects along their course (i.e., before cooperation, entry-phase into cooperation, during cooperation, and after cooperation) and resulting direct and indirect resilience benefits for the established firms. Thereby, the relationship quality (i.e., balance between formal and informal procedures, improvisation mindset, and appreciation and prioritization) turned out to be a central condition for resilience to emerge from those projects. Our framework illustrates how strategic resilience can arise from cooperation projects with start-ups related to innovation and which factors are particularly important in this context. It thus can be used as a guideline for the successful implementation of strategic resilience in practice as well as a basis for future research on the role of cooperation in strategic resilience.

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通过与初创企业合作项目实施战略弹性:多案例研究

战略弹性是组织通过创新主动转型和更新的能力，以尽量减少未知未来危机的影响。在此背景下，我们知道合作作为一种外部创新战略发挥着至关重要的作用，与创新相关的初创企业合作项目是实施战略变革的一种具体方式。然而，研究并没有对这些项目的过程、结果和成功条件提供更深入的见解。为了帮助填补这一研究空白，我们使用了两家成熟企业的案例，这些企业利用与创新相关的初创企业合作项目来增强其战略弹性。基于深入的实证调查，我们开发了一个框架，描述了这些合作项目在其过程中的细节(即合作前，合作进入阶段，合作期间和合作后)以及为成熟企业带来的直接和间接弹性效益。因此，关系质量(即正式和非正式程序之间的平衡，即兴思维，欣赏和优先排序)成为这些项目中出现弹性的核心条件。我们的框架说明了战略弹性如何从与创新相关的初创企业的合作项目中产生，以及在此背景下哪些因素特别重要。因此，它可以作为战略弹性在实践中成功实施的指导方针，并为未来合作在战略弹性中的作用研究奠定基础。

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Schmalenbachs Zeitschrift fur Betriebswirtschaftliche Forschung Economics, Econometrics and Finance-Economics, Econometrics and Finance (all)

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