A relational embeddedness perspective on dynamic capabilities: a grounded investigation of buyer-supplier routines

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dc.contributor.authorAlinaghian, Leila
dc.contributor.authorKim, Yusoon
dc.contributor.authorSrai, Jagjit Singh
dc.date.accessioned2019-12-11T15:49:32Z
dc.date.available2019-12-11T15:49:32Z
dc.date.issued2019-10-21
dc.description.abstractOur study extends the emerging inter-firm-level theorization of dynamic capabilities by articulating how firms can develop and adapt their resource bases through supplier relations. Specifically, we aim to explore how different embedded relational aspects function together or separately to induce various inter-firm routines that presumably underpin the buying firm’s dynamic capabilities. The research design is a multiple case study involving 34 buyer-supplier dyad-level innovation events across six product groups of three multinational buying firms in the Pharmaceuticals, Aerospace, and Fast-Moving Consumer Goods sectors. Our inductive analysis suggests that the social, cognitive, and physical aspects of relational embeddedness play roles, in a cumulatively sequential fashion, in inducing three distinctive routine types—unilateral, quasi-unilateral, and bilateral—in the buyer-supplier dyads that underpin the three clusters of dynamic capabilities—sensing, seizing, and transforming, respectively. Furthermore, our study identifies two contingencies that explain variances in the observations and inferences. We therefore investigate the ‘black box’ of dynamic capabilities in inter-firm contexts, elucidating the roles and association of relational embeddedness and patterned activities (routines) in these relationships.en_UK
dc.identifier.citationAlinaghian L, Kim Y, Srai J. (2019) A relational embeddedness perspective on dynamic capabilities: a grounded investigation of buyer-supplier routines, Industrial Marketing Management, Volume 85, February 2020, pp. 110-125en_UK
dc.identifier.cris24741072
dc.identifier.issn0019-8501
dc.identifier.urihttps://doi.org/10.1016/j.indmarman.2019.10.003
dc.identifier.urihttp://dspace.lib.cranfield.ac.uk/handle/1826/14827
dc.language.isoenen_UK
dc.publisherElsevieren_UK
dc.rightsAttribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International*
dc.rights.urihttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/*
dc.subjectBuyer-supplier relationshipen_UK
dc.subjectDynamic capabilitiesen_UK
dc.subjectInter-firm routinesen_UK
dc.subjectRelational embeddednessen_UK
dc.subjectCase studiesen_UK
dc.titleA relational embeddedness perspective on dynamic capabilities: a grounded investigation of buyer-supplier routinesen_UK
dc.typeArticleen_UK

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