Effect of poultry absorptive capacity on the farms' economic and commercial performance

Florence Obiageli Ifeanyieze, Cosmas Ikechukwu Asogwa, Clara U. Nwankwo, Lilian Ukamaka Ekenta, Felicia Ngozi Ezebuiro, Godwin Emeka Eze, Francis Madueke Onu, Fredrick Chinedu Onah, Vincent Chidindu Asogwa, Edward Chidi Isiwu and Azunku Francis Nwangbo

Journal of Agribusiness in Developing and Emerging Economies, 2021, vol. 13, issue 1, 119-140

Abstract: Purpose - Corporate organizations could enhance their economic and commercial values through knowledge acquisitions and exploitations. The purpose of this study is to analyze the economic and commercial performance effect of poultry management absorptive capacity in Nigeria. Design/methodology/approach - Structural equation modeling was used in the analysis of a random sample of 300 poultry managers and owners surveyed within the South-Eastern Nigeria. The scales that quantified the latent variables of the factors were tested for reliability and consistency using confirmatory factor analysis. Findings - The study found evidence that the difference between economically and commercially viable poultry businesses and failing ones depends on the level of absorptive capacity. Absorptive capacity advanced innovations that resulted in higher economic and commercial performance of poultry farm. Poultry firms' profitability, sales growth and market shares were positively increased by absorptive capacity dimensions of acquisition, assimilation, transformation and exploitation. Research limitations/implications - The study was carried out within a region in Nigeria and thus could be limited by generalization to the developed country. Originality/value - This study is the first to link four dimensions of absorptive capacity to the economic and commercial performance of poultry businesses in Nigeria. As such, it originally breaks new frontier of poultry farming from dynamic capabilities and absorptive capacity perspectives.

Keywords: Dynamic capabilities; Absorptive capacity; Poultry knowledge acquisition; Poultry knowledge assimilation; Poultry knowledge exploitation (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2021
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DOI: 10.1108/JADEE-03-2021-0063

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