THE ROLE OF EXTERNAL KNOWLEDGE SOURCES AND ORGANIZATIONAL DESIGN IN THE PROCESS OF OPPORTUNITY EXPLOITATION

• 成果类型: Article
• 署名作者: Foss, Nicolai J.; Lyngsie, Jacob; Zahra, Shaker A.
• 署名单位: Copenhagen Business School; Norwegian School of Economics (NHH); University of Minnesota System; University of Minnesota Twin Cities
• 刊物名称: STRATEGIC MANAGEMENT JOURNAL
• ISSN/ISSBN: 0143-2095
• DOI: 10.1002/smj.2135
• 发表日期: 2013
• 页码: 1453-1471
• 关键词: STRATEGIC ENTREPRENEURSHIP; opportunity exploitation; Organizational design; knowledge-based view

摘要

Research highlights the role of external knowledge sources in the recognition of strategic opportunities but is less forthcoming with respect to the role of such sources during the process of exploiting or realizing opportunities. We build on the knowledge-based view to propose that realizing opportunities often involves significant interactions with external knowledge sources. Organizational design can facilitate a firm's interactions with these sources, while achieving coordination among organizational members engaged in opportunity exploitation. Our analysis of a double-respondent survey involving 536 Danish firms shows that the use of external knowledge sources is positively associated with opportunity exploitation, but the strength of this association is significantly influenced by organizational designs that enable the firm to access external knowledge during the process of exploiting opportunities. Copyright (c) 2013 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.