Developing organizational agility in SMEs: An investigation of innovation's roles and strategic flexibility

Artikel

Although social capital and collaborative knowledge creation were considered essential drivers in maintaining competitive advantage, empirical evidence on the impact of collaborative knowledge creation on organizational agility remained limited. Therefore, this study examined the relationship between social capital and collaborative knowledge creation in building innovation and agility and testing strategic flexibility as a moderating variable. It employed a quantitative design by distributing questionnaires to 414 managers and assistant managers of SMEs analyzed by SmartPLS-SEM. The results showed that social capital significantly affected collaborative knowledge creation, innovation, and organizational agility. Meanwhile, collaborative knowledge creation has no significant impact on organizational agility. Furthermore, strategic flexibility was not a moderating variable of the relationship between innovation and organizational agility. Based on these findings, this study produced recommendations for managers to strengthen organizational agility.

Object Details

• Language: Englisch

References and Relationships

• Bibliographic citation: Journal: Journal of Open Innovation: Technology, Market, and Complexity ; ISSN: 2199-8531 ; Volume: 8 ; Year: 2022 ; Issue: 3 ; Pages: 1-17

Classification and Topics

• Classification: Management
• Subject: innovation ; collaborative knowledge creation ; organizational agility ; social capital ; strategic flexibility

Contributors, Places and Time

• Event: Geistige Schöpfung
• (who): Arsawan, I Wayan Edi ; Hariyanti, Ni Kadek Dessy ; Atmaja, I Made Ari Dwi Suta ; Suhartanto, Dwi ; Koval, Viktor
• Event: Veröffentlichung
• (who): MDPI
• (where): Basel
• (when): 2022

Further information

• DOI: doi:10.3390/joitmc8030149
• Handle: http://hdl.handle.net/10419/274450
• Last update: 10.03.2025, 11:43 AM CET