The impact of agility on the market performance of born-global firms: an exploratory study of the ‘Tech City’ innovation cluster
Although there is some recognition that agility is advantageous for a born-global firm, the concept of agility is underexplored in the management and marketing literature. Little is known about the ability of born-globals to become agile and under what conditions agility can lead to better market pe...
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| description | Although there is some recognition that agility is advantageous for a born-global firm, the concept of agility is underexplored in the management and marketing literature. Little is known about the ability of born-globals to become agile and under what conditions agility can lead to better market performance. In this investigation the exploratory qualitative research was conducted using the data of fifteen in-depth interviews with managers and experts in Tech City in London, UK. Firstly, the findings show that creativity and informal planning are the main decision-making drivers of agility in born-global firms. Secondly, the study reveals that agility is more likely to be positively related to international market performance when key decision-makers have certain skills, including knowledge of the market, international experience, learning orientation and ambiguity tolerance. |
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| spelling | nottingham-435462020-05-04T18:44:41Z https://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/43546/ The impact of agility on the market performance of born-global firms: an exploratory study of the ‘Tech City’ innovation cluster Nemkova, Ekaterina Although there is some recognition that agility is advantageous for a born-global firm, the concept of agility is underexplored in the management and marketing literature. Little is known about the ability of born-globals to become agile and under what conditions agility can lead to better market performance. In this investigation the exploratory qualitative research was conducted using the data of fifteen in-depth interviews with managers and experts in Tech City in London, UK. Firstly, the findings show that creativity and informal planning are the main decision-making drivers of agility in born-global firms. Secondly, the study reveals that agility is more likely to be positively related to international market performance when key decision-makers have certain skills, including knowledge of the market, international experience, learning orientation and ambiguity tolerance. Elsevier 2017-05-03 Article PeerReviewed Nemkova, Ekaterina (2017) The impact of agility on the market performance of born-global firms: an exploratory study of the ‘Tech City’ innovation cluster. Journal of Business Research . ISSN 0148-2963 Born-globals; Agility; Creativity; Planning; Human capital; Market performance http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S014829631730139X doi:10.1016/j.jbusres.2017.04.017 doi:10.1016/j.jbusres.2017.04.017 |
| spellingShingle | Born-globals; Agility; Creativity; Planning; Human capital; Market performance Nemkova, Ekaterina The impact of agility on the market performance of born-global firms: an exploratory study of the ‘Tech City’ innovation cluster |
| title | The impact of agility on the market performance of born-global firms: an exploratory study of the ‘Tech City’ innovation cluster |
| title_full | The impact of agility on the market performance of born-global firms: an exploratory study of the ‘Tech City’ innovation cluster |
| title_fullStr | The impact of agility on the market performance of born-global firms: an exploratory study of the ‘Tech City’ innovation cluster |
| title_full_unstemmed | The impact of agility on the market performance of born-global firms: an exploratory study of the ‘Tech City’ innovation cluster |
| title_short | The impact of agility on the market performance of born-global firms: an exploratory study of the ‘Tech City’ innovation cluster |
| title_sort | impact of agility on the market performance of born-global firms: an exploratory study of the ‘tech city’ innovation cluster |
| topic | Born-globals; Agility; Creativity; Planning; Human capital; Market performance |
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