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

Lis, Andrzej; Sudolska, Agata

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“…As shown in Figure 1, the criterion framework for the evaluation of enterprise learning performance in the process of cooperative innovation includes learning process performance and learning outcomes performance, in which learning process performance is the learning outcomes of enterprises in cooperation, and learning outcomes performance is the core goal of enterprise core competence development [4,[13][14][15]. Learning process performance includes learning content, learning management, learning objectives, and learning processes, which affect the choice of learning methods and the formulation of learning mechanism in the process of cooperative innovation [6][7][8][14][15][16][17]. Learning outcomes performance includes knowledge accumulation, ability accumulation, and performance creation [6][7][8].…”

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“…That is to say, technological progress could be achieved through internal knowledge acquisition and transformation, and internal management process could be optimized, which help to enhance external cooperative management capability. Learning process performance not only directly affects the internal learning outcomes of enterprises but also indirectly affects the external learning outcomes, thus affecting the core objectives of enterprises [10,[15][16][17]20]. Learning outcomes performance could provide information feedback based on the rationality of learning content and learning management of enterprises [4,[6][7][8].…”

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“…In the process of cooperative innovation, the evaluation of enterprise learning performance is a comprehensive evaluation of complex multidimensional factors, which belongs to interorganizational performance. Many scholars have studied the learning mechanism, learning methods, and influencing factors of inter-organizational learning performance [12][13][14][15][16][17][18][19][20]. Kellogg [13] empirically tested the importance of learning in specific organizational relationships based on highfrequency data from oil and gas drilling.…”

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“…Gibb et al [3] investigated the interorganizational learning mechanism in network and believed that interorganizational learning including learning how to compete and how to behave helps to coordinate network learning among horizontal enterprises in order to achieve performance goals. Lis and Sudolska [17] studied the relationship between learning process and learning content among enterprises through internal learning and thought that there was synergy between them. Akbar [10] highlighted that interaction and open communication enable enterprises not only to understand customer needs but also to acquire more knowledge based on twelve interviews with four Finnish SMEs.…”

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Evaluation of Enterprise Learning Performance in the Process of Cooperation Innovation Using Heronian Mean Operator

Yin

2019

Mathematical Problems in Engineering

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In order to clarify the achievement and efficiency of enterprise learning in the process of cooperative innovation, a comprehensive criteria framework for the evaluation of enterprise learning performance is constructed taking the learning process and learning results as the construction idea based on organizational learning theory. And this paper proposes a novel dynamic evaluation method considering the interaction between attributes of learning performance. In this study, the criterion framework for the evaluation of enterprise learning performance in the process of cooperative innovation includes learning process performance and learning outcomes performance. The original matrices are given by managers and experts using fuzzy set theory, and a dynamic time sequence weight vector is calculated based on information entropy and time degree. The weight of learning performance attributes under different time series is calculated based on entropy measure method. The interactive information of learning performance attributes is integrated through the weight of learning performance attributes and the three-parameter weighted Heronian mean operator considering the interaction between attributes. And then, the dynamic and comprehensive evaluation result of learning performance in the process of cooperative innovation could be computed by integrating the learning performance information under different time series with time sequence weight vector. Finally, a real case is studied to verify the scientificity and validity of the criteria framework for the evaluation of enterprise learning performance and the method proposed in this study. This study not only helps cooperative enterprises get feedback in time and adjust cooperative relationships and learning styles but also enriches the theory of interorganizational management and provides a theoretical basis for the process of enterprise cooperative innovation.

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Section: Criteria Framework For the Evaluation Of Enterprise Learningmentioning

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2019

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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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Direct and moderation effects on U.S. apparel manufacturers’ engagement in network ties

Miller¹,

Engel-Enright²,

Brown³

2021

JEMI

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PURPOSE: Firms do not continue and prosper purely on their own individual endeavors, as each firm is influenced by the activities of others, and thus direct and indirect relationships shape the firm’s strategic management. These relationships form the tactics by which knowledge and other strategically important resources are accessed and created. Forming and maintaining ties among members of a network have been the subject of numerous research studies in the social, economic, and business literature. Our work is framed by the resource-based view of the firm perspective along with social capital theory and its shared constructs in network theory. Prior findings suggest that networking ties are strategic actions generated for firm growth and continuance. The ties may be short-term or develop into long-term relationships. The intent of this research is to fill some of the gaps in interorganizational networking strategy by analyzing five antecedents that have been suggested in the literature as individually associated with entrepreneurs’ engagement in network ties. In this way, our work provides another research avenue for examining networking’s contribution to strategic management. We hypothesized positive connections to entrepreneurs’ engagement in network ties from antecedents involving the firm’s knowledge absorptive capacity, business goals, entrepreneurial orientation, social interactions, and support from their environment. METHODOLOGY: In our quantitative approach, we tested our proposed macrolevel direct and moderating connections through an online survey of 125 U.S. apparel manufacturing firms. The apparel manufacturing sector in the U.S., as in many countries, has struggled with multiple disrupting factors contributing to the sector’s decline in firm continuance. FINDINGS: The results from OLS regression analyses support our hypothesized connections in that each of the five antecedents significantly contributed to entrepreneurs’ engagement in network ties; however, when all five were collectively examined only absorptive capacity, social interaction, and business goals were significant (R2 = 0.58). Further examination of moderation effects found the entrepreneurs’ perceptions of a supportive environment to modify both entrepreneurial orientation and business goals. RESEARCH AND PRACTICAL IMPLICATIONS: The effects of a supportive environment on business goals’ relationship with network ties were greater when perceptions of a supportive environment decreased, while the effects of a supportive environment on entrepreneurship orientation’s relationship with network ties were greater when perceptions of a supportive environment increased suggesting further study of U.S. entrepreneurs’ perceptions of their environments. Entrepreneurs’ interested in building domestic and international supply chain ties may find network ties provide one solution for adapting the firm’s resources for global competitiveness. Future studies may direct attention to other industry sectors or countries for replication with larger sample sizes as we recognize the limitations to generalizability and scale refinement due to our limited sample size. ORIGINALITY AND VALUE: The examination of five constructs to shed light on how an organization’s decisions may relate to engaging in networks and provides theoretical as well as practical implications that contribute to the larger organizational system framework.

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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

Cited by 3 publications

References 79 publications

Evaluation of Enterprise Learning Performance in the Process of Cooperation Innovation Using Heronian Mean Operator

Evaluation of Enterprise Learning Performance in the Process of Cooperation Innovation Using Heronian Mean Operator

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

Direct and moderation effects on U.S. apparel manufacturers’ engagement in network ties

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