Firm-specific orientations and manufacturing capability under institutional voids

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Africa Journal of Management Pub Date : 2021-04-03 DOI:10.1080/23322373.2021.1902211

D. Rwehumbiza

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Abstract

ABSTRACT Manufacturing capability (MC) is widely considered to depend on a strategic orientation of firms and institutional support. Remarkably, little is known about the influence of firm-specific orientations on manufacturing capability under institutional voids. This study examines the extent to which learning orientation (LO) and entrepreneurial orientation (EO) influence institutional support to enhance firms’ MC. While EO prompts effective responses to institutional voids, institutional support reduces them and LO allows a firm to continuously learn in response to such voids. Drawing insights from the resource-based view (RBV) and institutional theory, this study tests this argument using partial least squares path modeling on a sample of 105 surveyed export manufacturers from Tanzania and Kenya. Findings indicate that although both LO and EO are the major antecedents of MC, firms must be entrepreneurially oriented in order to significantly influence the institutional support. Even though the literature states that institutional support plays a great role in enhancing MC, research findings suggest otherwise. Thus, focusing on the novel constructs relationship and importance-performance analysis, this study contributes to the RBV and institutional theory by providing theoretical and practical implications of the research findings for the contexts where national institutions facilitating business activities are inefficient.

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制度空白下的企业特定导向与制造能力

制造能力（MC）被广泛认为取决于企业的战略定位和制度支持。值得注意的是，在制度空白的情况下，人们对企业特定取向对制造能力的影响知之甚少。本研究考察了学习导向（LO）和创业导向（EO）在多大程度上影响机构支持，以提高企业的MC。虽然EO促进了对机构空白的有效反应，但机构支持减少了它们，LO使企业能够持续学习以应对这些空白。本研究借鉴了基于资源的观点（RBV）和制度理论，使用偏最小二乘路径模型对坦桑尼亚和肯尼亚105家受访出口制造商的样本进行了检验。研究结果表明，尽管LO和EO都是MC的主要前因，但企业必须以创业为导向，才能显著影响制度支持。尽管文献表明，制度支持在提高MC方面发挥着重要作用，但研究结果表明情况并非如此。因此，本研究聚焦于新的构念关系和重要性绩效分析，为RBV和制度理论做出了贡献，为促进商业活动的国家机构效率低下的背景提供了研究结果的理论和实践启示。

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Africa Journal of Management Business, Management and Accounting-Business and International Management

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