Absorptive Capacity and Its Role for the Company Growth and Competitive Advantage: The Case of Frauenthal Automotive Toruń Company

Lis, Andrzej; Sudolska, Agata

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“…While the findings of this study reveal an association between most EA dimensions (i.e., entrepreneur's creativity, risk control, relationship and opportunity detection ability) and SMESG, some cases of non-association (i.e., learning ability and SME financial growth; and learning ability and SME innovation growth) are especially notable. This finding challenges many standpoints [8,64,71,72], which support the significance of learning ability in SME growth.…”

Section: Which Entrepreneurs' Abilities Are Affecting the Growth Of Icontrasting

confidence: 79%

“…According to Wolff et al [71], the values above are crucial elements of competitiveness against the backdrop of globalization. In this vein, Lis and Sudolska [72] pointed out that the learning ability of entrepreneurs will help in solving the problems hindering the growth of SMEs (through knowledge acquisition and summing up experiences) and thus promoting the sustainable growth of enterprises. From this reality, the study's Hypothesis 3 (entrepreneurs' learning ability predicts the sustainable growth of their enterprises) was formulated.…”

Section: Learning Ability and Smesgmentioning

confidence: 99%

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Assessing SMEs’ Sustainable Growth through Entrepreneurs’ Ability and Entrepreneurial Orientation: An Insight into SMEs in Côte d’Ivoire

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In most countries, small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) play a key role in driving sustainable economic growth and job creation; hence, the need to investigate factors (e.g., entrepreneurial factors) that influence SMEs' sustainable growth (SMESG). This study provides an insight into entrepreneurs' abilities (EAs) that affect SMESG in Côte d'Ivoire (a middle-income economy located in the West African region) and an assessment of the extent to which entrepreneurial orientation (EO) influences the EA-SMESG relationship. By using data from 320 Ivorian SMEs, the results of hypothesis testing confirm an association between SMESG and each EA dimension (creativity, risk control, relationship, and opportunity detection ability), learning ability excepted. As for the moderating effect of EO, the innovativeness in entrepreneurship positively and significantly regulates the EA-SMESG relationship; proactiveness positively regulates the relationship between almost all EA dimensions and SMESG; and risk tendency regulates the relationship EA-SMESG for creativity and risk-control ability. Based on major findings, management implications are formulated in relation to promoting SMEs' sustainable growth. For example, in light of the impact of EA on SMESG, development actors can increase the efficiency of Ivorian SMEs through actions aiming at strengthening the abilities of entrepreneurs and managers.Sustainability 2019, 11, 7149 2 of 26 investigated external environment factors affecting the performance of SMEs in Côte d'Ivoire. They found that several external factors ranging from political to economic, technological, socioeconomic and government policies affect the performance of SMEs to a large extent. Later, Diabate et al. [6], through statistical tests, found an association between most firm and entrepreneur characteristics and growth among Ivorian SMEs.The concept of business growth is most often conjointly discussed with another key concept: Entrepreneurship. Entrepreneurship is a set of factors and actions that bring about development [8], which means positive growth, performance or stability. As an essential concept related to entrepreneurship, the term "entrepreneur" refers to the enterprise's owner [9], whose abilities-such as creativity, risk control, learning, building relationships and detecting opportunity-can influence the growth of his/her business [10][11][12][13]. According to Lumpkin and Dess [14], the entrepreneur's ability (EA) is most often captured and influenced by the entrepreneurial orientation (EO) that is the company's posture on entrepreneurship. Studies in both developed and less developed countries concluded that EO generally has a positive effect on the growth of enterprises. Hence, one of the solutions to the problems of SMEs is the adoption of EO.Since the recognition of entrepreneurial factors as growth determinants, practical studies on their impact on business growth have been welcomed everywhere; hence, several studies have been conducted about EA and SMEs' sustainable growth (SMESG). The...

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Section: Learning Ability and Smesgmentioning

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Assessing SMEs’ Sustainable Growth through Entrepreneurs’ Ability and Entrepreneurial Orientation: An Insight into SMEs in Côte d’Ivoire

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“…Lis and Sudolska (2015) measured the level of potential and realized absorptive capacity in FTO with the use of scales proposed by Jansen, Van Den Bosch and Volberda (2005). Their findings indicate that FTO absorptive capacity is very close to the benchmark made by Jansen et al (2005) and even exceeds it in the component of knowledge acquisition.…”

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confidence: 84%

“…The review of literature confirms that the case method is applicable to absorptive capacity studies and finds its proponents (cf. Kim, 1998;Van den Bosch, Volberda & De Boer, 1999;Easterby-Smith, Graça, Antonacopoulou & Ferdinand, 2008;Noblet, Simon & Parent, 2011;Duchek, 2013;Lis & Sudolska, 2015). Similarly, the case study methodology is used in research of organizational learning processes (cf.…”

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Inter- and intra-firm learning synergy through integrating absorptive capacity and employee suggestion processes: The case study of Frauenthal Automotive Toruń company

Lis

Sudolska

2017

JEMI

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The aim of the paper is to study relationships between the processes of absorptive capacity (inter-firm learning) and learning lessons through employee suggestions (intra-firm learning) and identify potential synergies between them. The research interest is focused on investigating the following problems: (1) How do organizations apply external knowledge to support intra-organizational learning processes? (2) How should the employee suggestion system be organized to increase (or build) absorptive capacity?The exploratory case study analysis is applied to answer research questions and achieve the aim of the study. The unit of analysis is constituted by inter-firm and intra-firm learning processes observed in the firm Frauenthal Automotive Toruń (FTO).

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“…There are numerous examples of interesting empirical studies conducted in FTO related to the issues: positive organisational potential (Lis, 2013;Stankiewicz (Ed. ), 2013), absorptive capacity and organisational learning (Lis and Sudolska, 2015;Lis and Sudolska, 2017) or business relationships (Glińska-Neweś, Sudolska and Escher, 2016; Brzustewicz, Escher and Petrykowska, 2017).…”

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Employees’ Knowledge of Corporate Social Responsibility Concept and Activities: The Case Study of Frauenthal Automotive Toruń

Jagielski

Taciak

2018

JCRL

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The aim of the paper is to investigate the level of employees' knowledge of socially responsible activities and CSR approach in Frauenthal Automotive Toruń (FTO), one of the local companies, which tries to be socially responsible for all of its stakeholders. The reason of conducting the study is a desire of verification if employees understand and know about company's CSR projects. In order to achieve the aim of the paper, the following objectives have been set: (1) to discuss various approaches to define corporate social responsibility (CSR); (2) to present the possible types of socially responsible activities towards employees; (3) to measure and analyse whether FTO employees know the concepts of CSR, sustainable development, stakeholders and how they perceive the ideas of corporate social responsibility in the environment they work in. The analysis is based on the findings from the questionnaire survey in FTO operating in Toruń, Poland. Journal of corPorate resPonsibility and leadershiP corPorate social resPonsibility in ManageMent theory & business Practice 76 Michał Jagielski, Patryk Jakub Taciak FTO is selected as the unit where the survey is conducted due to its socially responsible approach to employees, what is confirmed by previous studies.

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Absorptive Capacity and Its Role for the Company Growth and Competitive Advantage: The Case of Frauenthal Automotive Toruń Company

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Cited by 19 publications

References 66 publications

Assessing SMEs’ Sustainable Growth through Entrepreneurs’ Ability and Entrepreneurial Orientation: An Insight into SMEs in Côte d’Ivoire

Assessing SMEs’ Sustainable Growth through Entrepreneurs’ Ability and Entrepreneurial Orientation: An Insight into SMEs in Côte d’Ivoire

Inter- and intra-firm learning synergy through integrating absorptive capacity and employee suggestion processes: The case study of Frauenthal Automotive Toruń company

Employees’ Knowledge of Corporate Social Responsibility Concept and Activities: The Case Study of Frauenthal Automotive Toruń

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