Sustaining innovation during downsizing strategy through knowledge coupling, business process digitization, and market capitalizing agility

IF 2 4区管理学 Q3 BUSINESS

Australian Journal of Management Pub Date : 2022-12-17 DOI:10.1177/03128962221142435

Sayed Muhammad Fawad Sharif, Naiding Yang, A. Rehman, O. Alghamdi

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Abstract

COVID-19 has developed chaos and uncertainty for small and medium enterprises (SMEs) causing mass downsizing. Under such uncertainty, innovation is key to survival and agility to growth. This study examines role of knowledge coupling and business process digitization (BPD) in sustaining innovation through market capitalizing agility (MCA) besides downsizing strategy. Data have been collected from top and mid management of Chinese manufacturing SMEs and analyzed with knowledge-based view and self-tuning model through Smart-PLS 4. Knowledge coupling positively contributes to MCA and innovation irrespective of downsizing strategy. Effect of BPD on innovation performance is same; however, insignificant on MCA in no-downsizing sample. Likewise, MCA positively influences innovation performance and positively mediates between knowledge coupling (BPD) and innovation performance only during downsizing. This study is first of its kind to establish mediating effect of MCA between knowledge coupling (BPD) and innovation performance during downsizing phase and offers significant theoretical and practical implications. J63, O31

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通过知识耦合、业务流程数字化和市场资本化灵活性，在缩减战略期间保持创新

新冠肺炎给中小企业带来了混乱和不确定性，导致大规模裁员。在这种不确定性下，创新是生存和增长灵活性的关键。本研究考察了知识耦合和业务流程数字化（BPD）在通过市场资本化敏捷性（MCA）以及缩减战略来维持创新中的作用。从中国制造业中小企业的高层和中层管理层收集数据，并通过Smart PLS 4采用基于知识的观点和自校正模型进行分析。知识耦合对MCA和创新有积极贡献，而不考虑缩减战略。BPD对创新绩效的影响相同；但在没有缩小样本的MCA上不显著。同样，MCA正向影响创新绩效，并仅在裁员期间在知识耦合（BPD）和创新绩效之间起正向中介作用。本研究首次建立了MCA在裁员阶段知识耦合（BPD）和创新绩效之间的中介作用，并提供了重要的理论和实践意义。J63，O31

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Australian Journal of Management Multiple-

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10.60

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4.20%

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期刊介绍： The objectives of the Australian Journal of Management are to encourage and publish research in the field of management. The terms management and research are both broadly defined. The former includes the management of firms, groups, industries, regulatory bodies, government, and other institutions. The latter encompasses both discipline- and problem-based research. Consistent with the policy, the Australian Journal of Management publishes research in accounting, applied economics, finance, industrial relations, political science, psychology, statistics, and other disciplines, provided the application is to management, as well as research in areas such as marketing, corporate strategy, operations management, organisation development, decision analysis, and other problem-focuses paradigms.