Strategic agility, dynamic relational capability and trust among SMEs in transitional economies
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2021
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Nyamrunda, F.C.
Freeman, S.
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Journal of World Business, 2021; 56(3, article no.101175):1-26
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Rapid growth and urbanizing populations are transforming Africa, despite environmental turbulence, uncertainty and relational complexity. Research highlights how small firms rely upon trust-based buyer-supplier relationships in such contexts. Our study adopts a micro-foundational perspective and builds on dynamic capabilities literature and psychological trust theory. Our conceptual model shows how relational dimensions (i.e. communication, social bonds, and knowledge), influenced by meta-capabilities (strategic sensitivity, resource fluidity and leadership unity) embedded in micro-foundational activities build trust in small business cross-border buyer-seller relationships to support dynamic relational capability and enhance strategic agility intransitional economies.
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Copyright 2021 Crown Copyright