Article ID | Journal | Published Year | Pages | File Type |
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5109567 | Journal of Business Research | 2017 | 7 Pages |
Abstract
This study integrates dynamic capabilities and relational governance theories to examine how business ties and political ties affect firm performance. The findings from a survey of 187 Chinese distributors of construction and decoration materials indicate that increased firm adaptive capability and reduced opportunism mediate the contribution of both ties to firm performance. In addition, legal enforceability and demand uncertainty determine the relative prominence of the two process intermediaries in joint consideration with the type of social ties (i.e., business ties and political ties). Specifically, political ties foster firm performance mainly by constraining supplier opportunism when legal enforceability is weak, whereas adaptive capability has a stronger mediating effect in the link between business ties and firm performance when demand uncertainty is high.
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Authors
Wenting Zhu, Samuel Su, Zhigang Shou,