All Outputs (4)

Entrepreneurial Orientation and Second-order Competences: The Moderating Role of Environmental Hostility and Organizational Structure (2014)
Presentation / Conference
Kokash, R., & Hughes, M. (2014, September). Entrepreneurial Orientation and Second-order Competences: The Moderating Role of Environmental Hostility and Organizational Structure. Paper presented at Strategic Management Society 34th Annual International Conference., Madrid, Spain

The influence of Entrepreneurial Orientation (EO) on a firm’s performance and success is broadly recognized. Similarly, second-order competences—defined as the firm’s competence to build new competences—as a critical resource of a firm’s competitive... Read More about Entrepreneurial Orientation and Second-order Competences: The Moderating Role of Environmental Hostility and Organizational Structure.

The Relationship Between Resource Acquisition Methods and Firm Performance in Chinese New Ventures: The Intermediate Effect of Learning Capability (2014)
Journal Article
Li, C., Hughes, M., & Yin, M. (2014). The Relationship Between Resource Acquisition Methods and Firm Performance in Chinese New Ventures: The Intermediate Effect of Learning Capability. Journal of Small Business Management, 52(3), 365-389. https://doi.org/10.1111/jsbm.12039

Despite the omnipresent popularity of the resource-based view of the firm, our understanding of how firms convert resource acquisition into performance returns remains something of a black box. We seek to unpack this problem in this study. Building o... Read More about The Relationship Between Resource Acquisition Methods and Firm Performance in Chinese New Ventures: The Intermediate Effect of Learning Capability.

Entrepreneurial orientation and organizational knowledge creation as critical pathways to second-order competences (2014)
Presentation / Conference
Kokash, R., & Hughes, M. (2014, March). Entrepreneurial orientation and organizational knowledge creation as critical pathways to second-order competences. Paper presented at Strategic Management Society Special Conference., Tel Aviv, Israel

To extend knowledge on second-order competences-defined as the firm’s competence to build new competence- as a Valuable, Rare, Inimitable, and non-substitutable (VRIN) resource, we investigate how they are influenced by Entrepreneurial Orientation (E... Read More about Entrepreneurial orientation and organizational knowledge creation as critical pathways to second-order competences.

Social Capital and Learning Advantages: A Problem of Absorptive Capacity (2014)
Journal Article
Hughes, M., Morgan, R., Ireland, R., & Hughes, P. (2014). Social Capital and Learning Advantages: A Problem of Absorptive Capacity. Strategic Entrepreneurship Journal, 8(3), 214-233. https://doi.org/10.1002/sej.1162

Theoretically, social capital allows entrepreneurial firms to capitalize on learning advantages of newness and gain access to knowledge as the foundation for improved performance. But this understates its complexity. We consider whether learning thro... Read More about Social Capital and Learning Advantages: A Problem of Absorptive Capacity.