Innovation system of the seafood industry in Thailand

Intarakumnerd, Patarapong; Chairatana, Pun‐Arj; Kamondetdacha, Rungroge

doi:10.1080/19761597.2015.1078925

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“…As a result, SMEs tend to have a similar willingness to share knowledge with buyer-supplier partners who are both nearby and distant locations to acquire the required knowledge for enhancing their innovation and competitiveness. In addition, the food industry in Thailand is currently facing competitive pressure posed by both the domestic and international market, especially from low-cost competitors (Intarakumnerd et al , 2015). For this reason, Thai food producers are forced to enhance their competitive advantage with higher value-added products, thereby, requiring a broad range of knowledge to foster product innovations.…”

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How closeness matters: the role of geographical proximity in social capital development and knowledge sharing in SMEs

Chumnangoon

Chiralaksanakul

Chintakananda

2021

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Purpose This study aims to investigate the impacts of geographical proximity on social capital development through the inter-relationship between three social capital dimensions (structural, relational and cognitive dimension) and the knowledge sharing between small- and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs). The authors empirically test a main hypothesis that the mechanism of social capital development that subsequently results in tacit knowledge sharing is different for SME buyer-supplier partners across their different geographical distances. Design/methodology/approach Multiple-group analysis in structural equation modeling (SEM) was conducted to test the research hypotheses using data collected from approximately 200 SMEs in Thailand’s food industry. Findings At a great geographical distance, the structural dimension impacts the cognitive dimension only in an indirect way through a relational dimension, which subsequently leads to knowledge sharing between SME buyer-supplier partners. At close geographical proximity, while the indirect impact of structural dimension on cognitive dimension through a relational dimension is still presented as it is in a great geographical distance, structural dimension has a positive and direct impact on the cognitive dimension as a complementary way to jointly reinforce knowledge sharing between SME partners. Among distant SME partners, the relational dimension shows a stronger impact on the cognitive dimension. In contrast, the direct influence of structural, relational and cognitive dimensions on knowledge sharing is identical, regardless of geographical distance. Practical implications The managers of SMEs can design their network-building approach in such a way that different location partners can enhance knowledge sharing. Policymakers could consider these results as a guideline when imposing SME development policies and geographical cluster policies in emerging economies. Originality/value This study provides empirical evidence that demonstrates how geographical proximity between SME partners in an emerging economy influences their social proximity through the lens of social capital development mechanism and thus leads to knowledge sharing between them.

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How closeness matters: the role of geographical proximity in social capital development and knowledge sharing in SMEs

Chumnangoon

Chiralaksanakul

Chintakananda

2021

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“…A few qualitative and quantitative studies [16,[36][37][38][39] have examined the relationship between industrial upgrading and seafood export performance. Ref.…”

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“…Ref. [36] analyses the effect of different product quality improvements on Thailand's seafood export performance. The study reveals a significant correlation between consumer demand and product innovations.…”

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Dynamic Relationships between Seafood Exports, Exchange Rate and Industrial Upgrading

Eegunjobi

Ngepah

2022

Sustainability

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Few studies have examined the relationship between seafood export performance and exchange rate fluctuations. This paper investigates the short and long-term relationship between variables and the effect of currency depreciation on investment in industrial upgrading in the Namibian seafood industry. Employing the Johansen cointegration technique and a vector error correction model (VECM) on quarterly data from 2008 to 2020, we find that investment in industrial upgrading has a higher impact on exports than exchange rate fluctuations. Therefore, investment in industrial upgrading plays a significant role in mitigating the negative impact of exchange rate volatility. Key policy implications include the need to take advantage of currency depreciation to mitigate challenges to investment in industrial upgrading by increased budgetary allocations.

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“…Despite the success stories in some segments of the sector (e.g. seafood subsector), this achievement is limited to a few large vertically integrated firms (Intarakumnerd et al, 2015).…”

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Local vs non-local sources of knowledge for the low-tech firms’ product innovation: evidence from the food-processing industry in Thailand

Tippakoon

2020

JABS

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Purpose This study aims to examine the effect on firms’ new product development (NPD) and significant product modification of knowledge interaction with local and non-local knowledge actors. Design/methodology/approach This study draws insights from the literature on external knowledge sources. The negative binomial regression is used to analyse the data of 245 sample food-processing establishments in Thailand. Findings Local knowledge actors play only limited roles in enhancing food-processing establishments’ product innovations. Only knowledge interaction with local universities and public research organisations helps enhance establishments’ ability to modify their products. For the NPD, significant sources of knowledge are non-local industrial actors. Originality/value This study adds new empirical evidence on knowledge sources for innovation of low-tech firms in less developed countries. It contributes new findings to an on-going debate on the importance of local vs non-local knowledge sources on firms’ innovativeness. It also contributes some implications for the Thai Government’s cluster-based innovation strategy.

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Innovation system of the seafood industry in Thailand

Cited by 10 publications

References 7 publications

How closeness matters: the role of geographical proximity in social capital development and knowledge sharing in SMEs

How closeness matters: the role of geographical proximity in social capital development and knowledge sharing in SMEs

Dynamic Relationships between Seafood Exports, Exchange Rate and Industrial Upgrading

Local vs non-local sources of knowledge for the low-tech firms’ product innovation: evidence from the food-processing industry in Thailand

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