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| Author: | Young, G. Sapienza, H. Baumer, D. |
| Title: | The influence of flexibility in buyer-seller relationships on the productivity of knowledge |
| Journal: | Journal of Business Research
2003 : JUN, VOL: 56:6, p. 443-451 |
| Index terms: | Entrepreneurship Flexibility Innovation Interorganizational relations Knowledge |
| Language: | eng |
| Abstract: | The present study is the first empirical examination of the knowledge substitution and flexibility effects derived from the relational and resource-based view of the company. In these perspectives, it is critically important for companies whose strategic value creation depends on innovation and knowledge to develop interfirm knowledge-sharing routines with their trading partners. These routines enable more productive knowledge resources to replace less productive stocks of knowledge, and the effectiveness of the substitution is influenced by the flexibility with which the supplier and buyer companies adapt to the change. A sample of entrepreneurial software companies is used and it is found that their productivity increases as their relationships with trading partners become increasingly flexible. |
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