Closeness or opportunistic behavior? Mediating the business ecosystem governance mechanisms and coordination relationship

IF 1.9 4区管理学 Q3 MANAGEMENT

Cross Cultural & Strategic Management Pub Date : 2021-02-15 DOI:10.1108/CCSM-01-2020-0013

Wisdom Wise Kwabla Pomegbe, Wenyuan Li, Courage Simon Kofi Dogbe, Charles Oduro Acheampong Otoo

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Abstract

PurposeBusiness ecosystem is described as a web of loose relationships, thereby posing some challenges to coordination. In attempt to ensure coordination in business relationships, scholars have proposed relational and contractual governance mechanisms. Hence, this study aims to examine the effects of governance mechanisms on coordination in the pharmaceutical business ecosystem (BE), with the potential mediating effects of closeness and opportunistic behavior.Design/methodology/approachThe study adopted quantitative approach with cross-sectional survey research design to collect data from the business ecosystem of pharmaceutical company X in Ghana. A structured questionnaire based on a five-point Likert scale was employed to collect data. Analysis was based on 173 institutions (both local and international) selected from pharmaceutical BE. Various validity and reliability checks were conducted before the presentation of the actual analysis, which was conducted using ordinary least squares (OLS) regression in Statistical Product and Service Solutions (SPSS).FindingsThe results of the study revealed that both relational and contractual governance have a direct positive effect on coordination between pharmaceutical BE members and the focal firm. The effect of contractual governance on coordination is however, partially mediated by opportunistic behavior. Finally, closeness also fully mediated the effect of relational governance on coordination.Originality/valueThe study builds on the governance mechanisms in exchange relationship, which was hitherto largely limited to the dyadic and triadic business network, partnerships and strategic alliances studies. The contribution to BE literature provides further understanding into transaction cost economics and relational exchange theory, which was dominantly applied in dyadic relationships ties such as partnerships, alliances and networks.

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亲密还是机会主义行为?中介企业生态系统治理机制与协调关系

商业生态系统被描述为一个松散关系的网络，因此对协调提出了一些挑战。为了确保商业关系中的协调，学者们提出了关系治理机制和契约治理机制。因此，本研究旨在考察治理机制对制药企业生态系统(BE)协调的影响，以及亲密性和机会主义行为的潜在中介作用。设计/方法/方法本研究采用定量方法和横断面调查研究设计，收集加纳X制药公司商业生态系统的数据。采用基于五点李克特量表的结构化问卷来收集数据。分析基于从制药BE中选择的173家机构(本地和国际)。在实际分析之前进行了各种效度和信度检查，实际分析使用SPSS (Statistical Product and Service Solutions)中的普通最小二乘(OLS)回归进行。研究结果表明，关系治理和契约治理都对制药企业内部成员与焦点企业之间的协调有直接的积极影响。然而，契约治理对协调的影响部分受到机会主义行为的调节。最后，封闭性也完全中介了关系治理对协调的影响。原创性/价值本研究建立在交换关系治理机制的基础上，迄今为止主要局限于二元和三元商业网络、伙伴关系和战略联盟的研究。对BE文献的贡献提供了对交易成本经济学和关系交换理论的进一步理解，这些理论主要应用于伙伴关系、联盟和网络等二元关系。

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Cross Cultural & Strategic Management MANAGEMENT-

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4.70

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