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Item Open Access Development of capabilities in Western professional services firms internationalising in fast-growing economies(Cranfield University, 2013-04) Villeneuve-Moore, Amelie; Reinmoeller, PatrickThis research was inspired by both a practical and a theoretical challenge: how Western professional services firms (PSFs) internationalise into fast-growing economies. The research contributes to theory by proposing a model comprising groups of capabilities, within which different combinations of capabilities, labelled types, develop or change depending on the context and service offering. Eight capabilities and two types have been identified as important to firms internationalising into fast-growing economies. PSFs that deliver standardised offerings appear to perform well when they have Type A properties of the eight capabilities. PSFs that offer idiosyncratic and context-specific services appear to perform well when they have Type B properties of the eight capabilities. Some evidence supporting the concept of dynamic capabilities which renew, regenerate or refresh capabilities has been found. The research addresses a gap in three overlapping theoretical areas: internationalisation, capabilities and the context of professional services firms. This context continues to be important to practitioners as GDP growth in Western countries remains low, relative to the fast-growing economies, thereby presenting the need for firms to grow into these economies in order to survive. Much of the capabilities literature analyses the effects of a given capability, but has focused less on groups of capabilities. Finally the professional services industry is reported to be a leading growth industry, with an important impact on other industries; however it remains relatively under-researched. I have researched nine firms, using a case study approach to derive a theoretical model comprising groups of capabilities identified through the first two projects, which was then refined and examined over different time periods in the final project.Item Open Access Do You Have A Survival Instinct? Leveraging genetic codes to achieve fit in hostile business environments(Elsevier Science B.V., Amsterdam., 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z) Lawton, Thomas; Rajwani, Tazeeb; Reinmoeller, PatrickIt is too easy to blame market turbulence or unexpected events for a company's poor performance. Yet this is frequently the response of managers to circumstances and activities beyond their immediate control. As a consequence, managers and owners often fail to develop strategies for coping with challenge or crisis the next time it occurs. The result is that many organizations are doomed to repeat the same or similar mistakes over and over again in a form of corporate déjà vu. To gain insights into how companies can better manage in hostile environments, we consider the solutions that have evolved in nature over billions of years. We trace nature's codes for adapting to hostile environments and explore the underlying characteristics of four genetic code types that can help business organizations to offset the negative implications of hostility through ensuring strategic fit. We link the four genetic codes most frequently found in nature with organizational capabilities. When correctly identified and leveraged, these capabilities can enable a company to focus attention and resource on how to manage successfully in hostile environment.Item Open Access Dynamic capabilities - what do we 'actually' know? : a systematic assessment of the field and a research agenda(Cranfield University, 2009-08-28) Giudici, Alessandro; Reinmoeller, PatrickHow organizations deal and manage strategic change is a fundamental problem in management studies. An important way increasingly chosen to implement strategies is through programmes. Programme Management is an emerging discipline that aims to research how programmes could be more effective in delivering their expected strategic benefits. In order to obtain this, it is recognised that successful programmes require a continuous development of capabilities at different levels and on a context-dependent basis. My research project aims to use the theoretical lens of dynamic capabilities to explore how different capabilities could be integrated, built, and reconfigured in a context of Programme Management. In order to establish robust bases for the PhD, this thesis presents a systematic literature review (and its formal protocol) of the dynamic capabilities view of the firm. In doing so, in this MRes thesis I test for the level of reification of the concept of dynamic capabilities and highlight some major theoretical challenges. I observe that the field is currently affected by a conversational misalignment that is hindering the potential for further research. In particular, the argument is that empirical and conceptual developments have grown from the same foundations but with low mutual influence. In addition, I utilize content and thematic analysis to explore areas where future efforts may be fruitfully directed. Overall, findings show how dynamic capabilities are an emerging field where several research gaps may be identified. However, they also highlight how it is fundamental to clarify on which theoretical foundations any research builds. Finally, I introduce some interesting findings that may be of help for an operationalization in a Programme Management context. In particular, I suggest that a high-potential and unexplored theme is how dynamic capabilities are created and sustained in the inter-organizational relationship between business service providers and their client firms.Item Open Access Navigating non-family CEO succession in family businesses.(Cranfield University, 2023-10) Singh, Manish; Hussels, Stephanie; Reinmoeller, PatrickSuccession in family businesses poses unique challenges due to the overlap of ownership and leadership roles. The complexity of such challenges is heightened when considering a non-family member as a successor for leading the business. This thesis explores why family businesses hire non-family CEOs. The investigation unfolds across three papers, a systematic literature review and two empirical papers, each contributing to a comprehensive understanding of non- family leadership succession. The literature review paper presents that existing research primarily examines the outcomes of leadership successions and largely ignores the decisions behind these. The paper lays the foundation with a conceptual framework derived from a systematic review of 53 articles, which reveals a knowledge gap on non-family CEO succession decisions through a non-family CEO succession framework. This framework guides the subsequent empirical inquiry. The two empirical papers address this gap by adopting an interpretivist approach. The second and third papers draw on qualitative data from 29 interviews with UK-based family business owners. The second paper provides an in-depth examination of the factors influencing the non-family CEO succession decision and presents that it is not one but two decisions: (1) a decision to consider non-family candidates and (2) a decision to select a non- family CEO amongst the candidate pool. The third paper identifies and focuses on the influences of four distinct roles family owners play in making the decision to consider non-family CEO candidates for the CEO position. The conceptual and empirically grounded models developed in this thesis open the black box of non- family CEO succession and allow family businesses to explore non-family CEO succession opportunities.Item Open Access On adaptation in the adoption process of management innovations within organisations.(2019-02) Mehta, Mohit; Reinmoeller, PatrickAdopting management innovations is complex. A high percentage of management innovations fail to deliver, but not enough literature explains why this is the case. This dissertation aims to extend the understanding around the adaptation of management innovations within the adoption process. This is a paper-based dissertation, where all papers contribute at some level towards the same underlying purpose, to advance what we know about adaptation of management innovations during the introduction into an organisational context, the challenges this entails, and guidance that can help practitioners when selecting or, implementing such an innovation in their organisation. In a relatively new area, this dissertation first reviews the extant literature on management innovations with a focus on adoption and adaptation. Synthesising from the literature, the dissertation establishes clear classification criteria for management innovations. This is followed by an empirical study, which draws upon template analysis to structure qualitative data gathered with seven groups in total 90 senior industry practitioners, who shared their experience with management innovations, and their views on main challenges and key success factors of the adoption of management innovation in organisations. The analysis and step-wise synthesis of the responses highlighted the enhanced role of being connected with the purpose, managing a synchronised effort towards goals, and careful handling of new localised learning which is generated when a new management innovation is being adopted. The last paper presents a model for adaptation and implementation of new management innovation practice in an organisation. The model utilises the foundations of organisational routines literature to introduce a team-level construct in “team responsiveness” and links it with an organisation’s ability to accept or reject an incoming management innovation. The simulation model leads to multiple propositions on how team responsiveness is linked to a successful adoption of a management innovation. The study contributes by extending theory and preparing it for further empirical testing. Overall this dissertation contributes to the literature by organising extant research and identifying lacunae in what is known about the adaptation of management innovations. This thesis also extends theory by developing a grounded conceptual model to explain main enablers and challenges with adaptation of management innovations. Finally, this thesis contributes to the literature by constructing a simulation model to unveil the important role of team responsiveness and to derive propositions on its impact on adoption.Item Open Access Open-system orchestration as a relational source of sensing capabilities: evidence from a venture association(Academy of Management, 2017-08-16) Giudici, Alessandro; Reinmoeller, Patrick; Ravasi, DavideResearch on innovation networks has highlighted the pivotal role that actors with more prominence and power, such as hub firms, may play in orchestrating the activities of other network members along a collective innovation effort. Our study examined the under-theorized, but no less important, type of orchestration that characterizes other organizations, such as business incubators and venture associations, who seek to support the dispersed entrepreneurial efforts of network members. We refer to this type as 'open-system' orchestration, as opposed to the commonly studied 'closed-system' type performed by hub firms. Our findings reveal how the processes of open-system orchestration differ markedly from those of closed-system orchestration, and detail how these processes influence the micro-foundations of network members' sensing capabilities. By doing so, we also offer empirical substantiation and theoretical elaboration to the idea that dynamic capabilities might not reside exclusively inside firms, but could be co-created relationally with other parties in the business ecosystem.Item Open Access Sensing together : an exploration of the support of network intermediaries to firms' and entrepreneurs' search for new opportunities(Cranfield University, 2013-03) Giudici, Alessandro; Reinmoeller, PatrickThis PhD thesis uses the lens of dynamic capability theory to explore how network intermediaries can support firms and entrepreneurs in their search for new opportunities, in the context of networking initiatives. Drawing on an extensive assessment of the literature and on rich evidence from multiple sources, it presents two interconnected empirical studies which offer several contributions to knowledge. The literature review systematically assesses dynamic capability research and contributes to it by demonstrating that, despite the challenges arising from a process of conceptual reification signaled in the literature, the dynamic capability construct is consolidating and needs more focused empirical investigation. It also identifies promising research gaps and offers suggestions to advance dynamic capability theory. Study 1 contributes to dynamic capability research by developing an outward-looking relational perspective which details how firms can deploy and further develop sensing dynamic capabilities in collaboration with network intermediaries. The study also confirms the importance of organizational self-awareness, brings managerial intentionality back to consideration, and sheds empirical light on the role of affective processes in dynamic capability research. Study 2 discusses how entrepreneurs participating in networking initiatives sensed for new opportunities by strategically using a richer repertoire of networking behaviors than prior research suggested. The study also contributes to entrepreneurship research by demonstrating that the networking behavior of all actors – not just the orchestrator/broker hosting the initiative – may be based on a combination of gaudens and iungens approaches. In addition, it discusses how two activity-based mechanisms, i.e. preparation and participation, may be influenced by hosts when designing networking initiatives to facilitate the emergence of new interorganizational relationships. Finally, the study argues that the combination of structured preparation and participation activities may support participants’ ambidextrous efforts to explore and exploit opportunities in networking events.