The Relationship between Managers’ Network Awareness and the Relational Strategic Orientation of their Firms: Findings from Interviews with Polish Managers

Zakrzewska-Bielawska, Agnieszka

doi:10.3390/su10082691

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“…In particular, since prior studies have considered the positive impact of ethical competency and strategic competency of entrepreneurs on the growth of SMEs (Ahmad, 2007;Ahmad et al, 2010;Kaur and Bains, 2013;Man, 2001;, we predict that network competence may act as a mediator in the relationship between the ethical competency and BG, as well as in the relationship between the strategic competency and BG. Some recent studies have shown the association between the strategic competencies with network competence (Forkmann et al, 2018;Mu et al, 2017;Zakrzewska-Bielawska, 2018). Networks support the small firms in gaining the valuable resources (Yli-Renko et al, 2001) and achieving the survivability and growth by entering in the new markets (Lee et al, 2001).…”

Section: Effect Of Ethical Competencymentioning

confidence: 99%

Entrepreneurial competencies and SMEs’ growth: the mediating role of network competence

Tehseen

Ahmed²,

Qureshi

et al. 2019

APJBA

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Purpose The purpose of this paper is twofold. First, to examine the influence of two dimensions of entrepreneurial competencies, namely, strategic competency and ethical competency on the growth of small and medium enterprises (SMEs); and second, to explore the role of network competence as a mediator among these understudied variables. Design/methodology/approach The data for this study were collected from wholesale and retail-based SMEs in Malaysia through a standard structured questionnaire. PLS–SEM approach was utilised to analyse the data. Findings Although the findings did not reveal a direct effect of strategic and ethical competencies of entrepreneurs on SMEs’ growth, these competences, however, were found to be influential in driving their growth when network competence was used as a mediator. Originality/value The existence of a mediation effect between strategic and ethical competencies and SMEs’ growth via network competence has provided insights which add new knowledge to the extant entrepreneurship and SMEs’ performance literature.

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Section: Effect Of Ethical Competencymentioning

confidence: 99%

Entrepreneurial competencies and SMEs’ growth: the mediating role of network competence

Tehseen

Ahmed²,

Qureshi

et al. 2019

APJBA

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“…An interesting aspect of further research could be an assessment of the role of managers in the cultural context, organization management, and network awareness [62,63]. With regard to environmental issues, an important aspect seems to be industrial symbiosis "which refers to a collaborative strategy of exchanging physical resources and sharing services among industrial actors, which enhances the resource efficiency and reduces the environmental impacts of industrial operations within the network" [64] (p.1).…”

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CSR Practices in Polish and Spanish Stock Listed Companies: A Comparative Analysis

2019

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In recent years, many studies have been carried out on corporate social responsibility (CSR) reporting by enterprises. However, none of the previous surveys have covered CSR reporting in countries in Western Europe (Spain) and Central Europe (Poland). In our research, we looked for answers to two research questions. The first was aimed at answering whether the industry represented by a given company influenced the number of disclosures in CSR reporting. The second question was to answer whether there were differences between Poland and Spain in the amount of disclosure in CSR reporting. We carried out a statistical analysis of the collected research material, under which we performed non-parametric tests as all of the variables for the distribution were not normal (Shapiro–Wilk test). We performed both the U Mann–Whitney and Kruskal–Wallis tests, which allowed us to answer our questions. The obtained results indicated that enterprises from the fuel and energy sectors as well as the financial industry provided more CSR disclosure than the other industries. There was a significant difference in the number of CSR disclosures between Poland and Spain, where more disclosures in CSR reporting were recorded in Spain.

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“…Qualitative research is characterized by induction models [34], in which a priori image of reality is not assumed, but research questions are formulated and then generalizations are formulated on the basis of empirical research [35,87]. Qualitative research uses empiricism and induction.…”

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New Technologies and Innovative Solutions in the Development Strategies of Energy Enterprises

Borowski

2020

HighTech. Innov. J.

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Energy companies face challenges arising from the ecological, social and legal environment. The reduction of negative impact on the environment and society while maintaining sustainable development affects the formation of new development strategies and push to introduce the state of art innovative technologies. The main aim of the research is to analyze the importance and role of the adaptation strategy to external requirements and to determine the mechanisms of the occurrence of passive and active adaptation. As a new approach to carrying out strategic analysis, two models were used simultaneously (inductive and hypothetical-deductive) which allows for realization qualitative (interviews, observations) and quantitative (statistical analysis) research methods generally called mixed methods. The study was conducted on the basis of mixed-method analysis of adaptations strategies of enterprises from the energy sector. The results of the conducted research show the influence of particular macroeconomic elements (e.g. technologies, ecologies) on making strategic decisions. The issue of adapting an enterprise to its environment is also related to its involvement in the research and development (R&D) sphere. Depending on the size of the company there are different amounts dedicated to R&D. Regulations and the technological environment force innovations of energy companies in the direction of reducing harmful impact on the environment and society. Legal and political factors (both national and EU) determine the activities of power companies (in each group: small, medium and large) and determine the choice of adaptation strategies. The intensity of adaptation to the requirements of the environment changes depends on the size of the company. Power companies apply passive adaptation strategies and as they increase their position on the market, they begin to implement an active adaptation strategy.

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The Relationship between Managers’ Network Awareness and the Relational Strategic Orientation of their Firms: Findings from Interviews with Polish Managers

Cited by 11 publications

References 117 publications

Entrepreneurial competencies and SMEs’ growth: the mediating role of network competence

Entrepreneurial competencies and SMEs’ growth: the mediating role of network competence

CSR Practices in Polish and Spanish Stock Listed Companies: A Comparative Analysis

New Technologies and Innovative Solutions in the Development Strategies of Energy Enterprises

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