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Strategic agility in innovation: Unpacking the interaction between entrepreneurial orientation and absorptive capacity by using practice theory
Luleå University of Technology, Department of Business Administration, Technology and Social Sciences, Business Administration and Industrial Engineering. University of Vaasa, School of Management, Finland. University of South-Eastern, Norway, USN Business School, PO Box 700, FI-65101 Vaasa, Finland.ORCID iD: 0000-0003-2094-7974
University of Vaasa, School of Management, PO Box 700, FI-65101 Vaasa, Finland.
Luleå University of Technology, Department of Business Administration, Technology and Social Sciences, Business Administration and Industrial Engineering. University of South-Eastern Norway, USN Business School, Norway.ORCID iD: 0000-0001-5464-2007
University of Vaasa, School of Management, Finland.
2020 (English)In: Journal of Business Research, ISSN 0148-2963, E-ISSN 1873-7978, Vol. 118, p. 12-25Article in journal (Refereed) Published
Abstract [en]

This study intends to unpack the interaction effect between entrepreneurial orientation (EO) and absorptive capacity (ACAP) by analyzing the organizational micropractices of six highly profitable companies to identify three practices and nine micropractices that drive the positive profit outcomes from EO and ACAP. To identify 6 cases, the present study used K-means cluster analysis with a generalizable quantitative dataset in which the interaction between EO and ACAP was found to be associated with high profitability. The 6 cases were selected to unpack the interaction between EO and ACAP to capture this interaction at the microlevel. For this task, we used 31 interviews and practice theory as theoretico-methological perspective. The study contributes by identifying three practices – namely, (1) proactive idea generation, (2) value-driven product development, and (3) market-driven product commercialization – and nine micropractices. These practices shape what we define as strategic agility in innovation.

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Elsevier, 2020. Vol. 118, p. 12-25
Keywords [en]
Entrepreneurial orientation (EO), Absorptive capacity (ACAP) and innovation capabilities, Profitability, Organizational practices, Strategy-as-practice (SAP) and process theorizing, Product innovation, Business model innovation, Codesign and value cocreation
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Business Administration
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Entrepreneurship and Innovation
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URN: urn:nbn:se:ltu:diva-80101DOI: 10.1016/j.jbusres.2020.06.029ISI: 000566752500002Scopus ID: 2-s2.0-85086939827OAI: oai:DiVA.org:ltu-80101DiVA, id: diva2:1449323
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Available from: 2020-06-30 Created: 2020-06-30 Last updated: 2022-10-27Bibliographically approved

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