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The relationship of strategic network partner fit characteristics, open innovation and organisational performance of small and medium enterprises in Malaysia

Effectively planning for market turbulence and working with partners, as well as focusing on strategic network partner fit characteristics and open innovation are critical to small and medium enterprises success. However, this practice is lacking among Malaysian small and medium enterprises. Poor se...

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Main Author: Che Asniza, Osman
Format: Thesis
Language:English
English
Published: 2023
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HD Industries. Land use. Labor.
HD56-57.5 Industrial Productivity
HD4801-8943 Labor. Work. Working Class
HD60 Small Business.
Online Access:https://etd.uum.edu.my/10806/1/Grant%20the%20permission_s95585.pdf
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spelling my.uum.etd.108062023-12-10T02:48:50Z https://etd.uum.edu.my/10806/ The relationship of strategic network partner fit characteristics, open innovation and organisational performance of small and medium enterprises in Malaysia Che Asniza, Osman HD Industries. Land use. Labor. HD56-57.5 Industrial Productivity HD4801-8943 Labor. Work. Working Class HD60 Small Business. Effectively planning for market turbulence and working with partners, as well as focusing on strategic network partner fit characteristics and open innovation are critical to small and medium enterprises success. However, this practice is lacking among Malaysian small and medium enterprises. Poor selection of partner qualities and delay in the implementation of open innovation influence firm’s performance. Therefore, this research aims to investigate the impact of strategic network partner fit characteristics and open innovation on the performance of small and medium enterprises, and the moderating role of open innovation on the relationship between the strategic network partner fit characteristics and the performance. Interorganisational relationships and resource-based theories underpinned the proposed model. Online questionnaires were distributed to 500 small and medium-sized owners or managers of multiple sub-sectors with 123 data were successfully collected. Data were analyzed using partial least squares-structural equation modeling via SmartPLS.mThis study found that strategic network partner fit characteristics and open innovation had a positive and significant impact on small and medium enterprises performance. In addition, open innovation moderates the relationship between strategic network partner fit characteristics and the performance of small and medium enterprises. This study helps to support small and medium enterprises in selecting the right network partners to reduce costs and minimize risks of local and international activities. Strengthened by inter-organisational relationship and resource-based theories, the model, open innovation (inbound and outbound) moderates the characteristics of strategic network partner fit (complementarity, compatibility and commitment) to enhance small and medium enterprises performance. 2023 Thesis NonPeerReviewed text en https://etd.uum.edu.my/10806/1/Grant%20the%20permission_s95585.pdf text en https://etd.uum.edu.my/10806/2/s95585_01.pdf Che Asniza, Osman (2023) The relationship of strategic network partner fit characteristics, open innovation and organisational performance of small and medium enterprises in Malaysia. Doctoral thesis, Universiti Utara Malaysia.
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language English
English
topic HD Industries. Land use. Labor.
HD56-57.5 Industrial Productivity
HD4801-8943 Labor. Work. Working Class
HD60 Small Business.
spellingShingle HD Industries. Land use. Labor.
HD56-57.5 Industrial Productivity
HD4801-8943 Labor. Work. Working Class
HD60 Small Business.
Che Asniza, Osman
The relationship of strategic network partner fit characteristics, open innovation and organisational performance of small and medium enterprises in Malaysia
description Effectively planning for market turbulence and working with partners, as well as focusing on strategic network partner fit characteristics and open innovation are critical to small and medium enterprises success. However, this practice is lacking among Malaysian small and medium enterprises. Poor selection of partner qualities and delay in the implementation of open innovation influence firm’s performance. Therefore, this research aims to investigate the impact of strategic network partner fit characteristics and open innovation on the performance of small and medium enterprises, and the moderating role of open innovation on the relationship between the strategic network partner fit characteristics and the performance. Interorganisational relationships and resource-based theories underpinned the proposed model. Online questionnaires were distributed to 500 small and medium-sized owners or managers of multiple sub-sectors with 123 data were successfully collected. Data were analyzed using partial least squares-structural equation modeling via SmartPLS.mThis study found that strategic network partner fit characteristics and open innovation had a positive and significant impact on small and medium enterprises performance. In addition, open innovation moderates the relationship between strategic network partner fit characteristics and the performance of small and medium enterprises. This study helps to support small and medium enterprises in selecting the right network partners to reduce costs and minimize risks of local and international activities. Strengthened by inter-organisational relationship and resource-based theories, the model, open innovation (inbound and outbound) moderates the characteristics of strategic network partner fit (complementarity, compatibility and commitment) to enhance small and medium enterprises performance.
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author Che Asniza, Osman
author_facet Che Asniza, Osman
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title The relationship of strategic network partner fit characteristics, open innovation and organisational performance of small and medium enterprises in Malaysia
title_short The relationship of strategic network partner fit characteristics, open innovation and organisational performance of small and medium enterprises in Malaysia
title_full The relationship of strategic network partner fit characteristics, open innovation and organisational performance of small and medium enterprises in Malaysia
title_fullStr The relationship of strategic network partner fit characteristics, open innovation and organisational performance of small and medium enterprises in Malaysia
title_full_unstemmed The relationship of strategic network partner fit characteristics, open innovation and organisational performance of small and medium enterprises in Malaysia
title_sort relationship of strategic network partner fit characteristics, open innovation and organisational performance of small and medium enterprises in malaysia
publishDate 2023
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