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The earlier the better? A microfoundational perspective of international explorative and exploitative capabilities in the transition of SMEs to Industry 4.0
| dc.contributor.author | Mendes, Telma | |
| dc.contributor.author | González-Loureiro, Miguel | |
| dc.contributor.author | Braga, Vítor | |
| dc.contributor.author | Silva, Carina | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2023-12-19T12:00:41Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2023-12-19T12:00:41Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 2023-12-16 | |
| dc.description.abstract | The international exploration-exploitation dichotomy is used in this study to expand on the resource-based view (RBV) and gain a deeper understanding of how these two distinct capabilities affect the adoption of I4.0 in small and medium-sized businesses (SMEs). We investigate managers' cognitive systems as a crucial microfoundation for the international organizational ambidexterity (i.e., exploration-exploitation), given that both managerial cognition and microfoundations perspective are underdeveloped and undertheorized. The study shows that managerial cognition is a crucial microfoundation of international organizational ambidexterity in the context of I4.0 adoption by using structural equation modeling on a sample of 116 Portuguese international SMEs. The findings also reveal neither international exploration nor exploitation has succeeded in creating new opportunities for the application of a technology-based model in SMEs internationalizing earlier. However, a post-hoc analysis revealed that under early internationalization, less (more) experienced SMEs benefit from international exploration (exploitation) to implement I4.0 technologies. This study concludes with implications and future research avenues. | pt_PT |
| dc.description.version | N/A | pt_PT |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/10400.22/24273 | |
| dc.language.iso | eng | pt_PT |
| dc.peerreviewed | yes | pt_PT |
| dc.relation | UIDP/04728/2020 | pt_PT |
| dc.relation | UIDB/04728/2020 | pt_PT |
| dc.relation | PID2019-106677GB-I00 | pt_PT |
| dc.subject | managerial cognition | pt_PT |
| dc.subject | microfoundations | pt_PT |
| dc.subject | international exploration | pt_PT |
| dc.subject | international exploitation | pt_PT |
| dc.subject | Industry 4.0 | pt_PT |
| dc.subject | earliness of internationalization | pt_PT |
| dc.title | The earlier the better? A microfoundational perspective of international explorative and exploitative capabilities in the transition of SMEs to Industry 4.0 | pt_PT |
| dc.type | working paper | |
| dspace.entity.type | Publication | |
| rcaap.rights | openAccess | pt_PT |
| rcaap.type | workingPaper | pt_PT |