Technological Configuration Capability, Strategic Flexibility, and Organizational Performance in Chinese High-Tech Organizations

Jin Li, Lulu Zhou (), Xufan Zhang, Zhihong Chen and Feng Tian
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Jin Li: School of Business, Nanjing Normal University, Nanjing 210023, China
Xufan Zhang: Ginling College, Nanjing Normal University, Nanjing 210097, China
Zhihong Chen: Institute for International Students, Nanjing University, Nanjing 210093, China
Feng Tian: Business and Law, University of Newcastle, Newcastle, NSW 2308, Australia

Sustainability, 2018, vol. 10, issue 5, 1-17

Abstract: The purpose of this study was to investigate the moderating effect of corporate technology configuration capability on the relationship between strategic flexibility and organizational performance throughout the different stages of the technological life cycle. By empirically examining 439 Chinese high-tech organizations, we found that technological configuration capability enhances the effect of strategic flexibility on organizational performance in a complex dynamic environment. However, different impacts were observed on the different stages of the technological life cycle. In addition, we explored the strategic flexibility during the different stages of the technological life cycle based on our empirical study.

Keywords: strategic flexibility; technology configuration capabilities; organizational performance; complex-dynamic environment; Chinese high-tech organizations (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: O13 Q Q0 Q2 Q3 Q5 Q56 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2018
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