Intangible Capital and Reorientation of Manufacturing During a Pandemic

Fauzi Said (), Andy Page, Liz Salter and Chander Velu ()
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Fauzi Said: University of Cambridge
Andy Page: Sharing in Growth UK Ltd.
Liz Salter: University of Cambridge
Chander Velu: University of Cambridge

Chapter Chapter 7 in Consumption, Production, and Entrepreneurship in the Time of Coronavirus, 2022, pp 127-149 from Springer

Abstract: Abstract The COVID-19 pandemic has put enormous pressure on firms to respond to the economic downturn, while also providing opportunities to contribute to the health-care challenges. We investigate firms within the Sharing in Growth (SiG) programme, a government-funded transformation programme in the UK aerospace sector. We evaluate the firms that responded to the UK Ventilator Challenge, to provide equipment to the UK National Health Service (NHS) in order to tackle the pandemic, compared to the firms that did not respond. The study shows that intangible capital in terms of organizational capital is a key capability in responding to opportunities provided by the UK Ventilator Challenge. In particular, we show that the role of leadership in fostering a culture of engagement and empowerment via continuous experimentation and learning is a key capability for firms in responding to sudden and unexpected changes in the environment. Moreover, the study shows that the building and subsequent effectiveness of these forms of organizational capital among the SMEs would not have been possible without the benefits accruing from the SiG programme. We discuss the managerial and policy implications of our findings.

Keywords: Empowerment; Intangible capital; Organizational capital; Manufacturing; Pandemic; Reorienting (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2022
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DOI: 10.1007/978-3-030-93169-8_7

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