Managing cultural specificity and cultural embeddedness when internationalizing: Cultural strategies of Japanese craft firms

Sasaki, Innan; Nummela, Niina; Ravasi, Davide

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“…SMEs which implement open innovation have a high-risk tolerance, a desire for close customer interaction, effective business models, and a strong external focus. Sasaki et al [41] claimed that open innovation should be a business culture and the readiness of a business to do new things at different times and markets. Differences in geographic markets, customer segments, or new product/market segments will all necessitate strategic innovation.…”

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“…Even to reach into international markets, SMEs must take the risk of recruiting foreign experts. This is done to connect the characteristics of domestic products with the desires of international customers [41]. It aims to offer the best prices for consumers, increase consumer loyalty, and increase the productivity of marketing activities [44].…”

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“…However, these SMEs still incorporate elements of Japanese culture as a trademark of their business. This is also for linking systems of local and foreign cultural practices and meanings [41].…”

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Challenges, Open Innovation, and Engagement Theory at Craft SMEs: Evidence from Indonesian Batik

Raya

Andiani

Siregar

et al. 2021

Journal of Open Innovation: Technology, Market, and Complexity

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Indonesian batik small and medium enterprises (SMEs) are rapidly growing, but they face many challenges in developing their business. For this reason, we propose a combination of open innovation and engagement theory to overcome these challenges. We conducted interviews with 27 local government officers (external stakeholder) and 57 managers of batik SMEs (internal stakeholder). We confirmed the interview results with 20 batik experts and representatives from the Indonesian Ministry of Industry in the Focus Group Discussion. We have divided the findings of this study into two categories: Java and outside of Java, since the two areas have different characteristics. According to our findings, the biggest challenge of batik SMEs in Java is the emergence of the batik printing business. Meanwhile, batik SMEs outside of Java are having difficulty obtaining raw materials. Open innovation has been implemented by some batik SMEs in Indonesia and can improve their business performance. However, more batik SMEs do not implement open innovation due to the lack of their skills and involvement of other stakeholders. As a result, we suggest that open innovation in the Indonesian batik industry needs to be supported by the participation of various parties or that open innovation is combined with engagement theory.

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Challenges, Open Innovation, and Engagement Theory at Craft SMEs: Evidence from Indonesian Batik

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“…Strategic adaptiveness is particularly relevant for resource-constrained SMEs because it can enable them to fully exploit their flexibility advantage when operating in dynamic environments characterised by intense competition, demanding customers and technological sophistication (Nyuur et al, 2018). In an attempt to illustrate the direct effects of strategic adaptiveness, earlier studies have drawn on the institutional perspective and argued that adaptation of marketing practices and product offerings in accordance with foreign market norms is necessary to ensure firm legitimacy and make international gains (Brouthers et al, 2013; Sasaki et al, 2020). Other scholars contend for a contingency perspective of matching organisational resources with strategic adaptation to achieve internationalisation performance (Hollender et al, 2017; Mallett et al, 2019).…”

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The drivers of the post-entry internationalisation commitment of small and medium-sized enterprises

Zahoor

Lew

2021

International Small Business Journal: Researching Entrepreneurs

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By integrating relational embeddedness in international strategic alliance networks (ISANs) and the dynamic capability perspective, this article presents an examination of the drivers of the post-entry internationalisation commitment of small- and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs). Specifically, we investigated the mediating effect of opportunity-sensing capabilities (OSCs) on the relationship between ISAN relational embeddedness and the post-entry internationalisation commitment of SMEs. We also examined the moderating impact of strategic adaptiveness on the relationship between OSCs and post-entry internationalisation commitment. An analysis of 320 UK-based SMEs, performed using structural equation modelling, revealed that OSCs are an important mechanism through which the ISAN relational embeddedness leads to increased post-entry internationalisation commitment. Furthermore, strategic adaptiveness strengthens the positive relationship between OSCs and post-entry commitment to foreign markets. This article extends the existing SME venturing and internationalisation literature to the domain of SME post-entry internationalisation commitment.

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“…The papers have addressed issues such as bilateral trust (Guiso et al , 2009) and bilateral opinions (Disdier and Mayer, 2007). Studies also focused on linguistic proximity (Boisso and Ferrantino, 1997; Melitz, 2008), cultural specificity and embeddedness (Sasaki et al , 2020), past colonial links (Rose, 2004; Eichengreen and Irwin, 1998) and the link between immigration and trade (Wagner et al , 2002).…”

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The influences of cultural values on the cultural product trade: evidence from China, Japan and Korea

Zhou¹,

Zhou

2022

NBRI

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Purpose International trade flows of cultural goods have grown noticeably in the past few decades and the development of cultural products trade has been an important issue in the international business field. Therefore, this study aims to explore how per capita gross domestic product, distance, culture, Internet penetration and other factors affect the trade of cultural products. Design/methodology/approach The paper focuses on the international trade in cultural goods of China, Japan and Korea with other countries. To analyze the essential reason, the study has applied the classical gravity model along with variables, which mainly represent global connectedness to investigate which variables have the most impact on trade in cultural products. Findings The result shows that in terms of China, cultural similarity boosts the volume of trade volume with other countries, however, for South Korea and Japan, cultural similarity does not have a significant impact. On top of cultural similarity, individual cultural value dimension differences between countries show mixed results for each country and their directions of trade. Global connectedness, on the other hand, is not congruent with the general expectations of previous studies. Research limitations implications Due to the limited time for data collection, the research was done with a relatively small country list with a limited number of cultural good items. Second, the Kogut and Singh index is one of the most popular measures based on cultural dimension deviation. It is based on the Euclidean calculation method used by most scholars but some scholars believe that the Euclidean method has some shortcomings. Third, the authors do not actively promote robust testing after regression analysis this work would be carried out in the future. Finally, using the four basic cultural dimensions proposed by Hofstede in 1980 may be another limitation. Practical implications First, the authors should further promote the establishment of the China-Japan-South Korea Free Trade Area. The three countries should formulate special policies to favor the trade of cultural products and support the development of the cultural industry. Additionally, the three sides should also set up a joint research center to explore the issue of improving the international competitiveness of cultural products trade and find common solutions. And the three countries should further open their doors within the reasonable range, relax the restrictions on tourism and trade visas. Originality/value The analysis provides some different results as the previous papers. Distance variables show positive effect on trade which defines that long distance between countries do no matter on trade in cultural goods. Moreover, the variables of tourism receipt shows that global connectedness positively effects on trade. The cultural variables of the KS composite index show opposite result with the conventional logic which advocates that cultural dissimilarity enhances trade in cultural goods.

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Managing cultural specificity and cultural embeddedness when internationalizing: Cultural strategies of Japanese craft firms

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Cited by 31 publications

References 78 publications

Challenges, Open Innovation, and Engagement Theory at Craft SMEs: Evidence from Indonesian Batik

Challenges, Open Innovation, and Engagement Theory at Craft SMEs: Evidence from Indonesian Batik

The drivers of the post-entry internationalisation commitment of small and medium-sized enterprises

The influences of cultural values on the cultural product trade: evidence from China, Japan and Korea

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