TY - JOUR
T1 - Improving dynamic capabilities through knowledge acquisition in international strategic alliances
T2 - moderating role of knowledge integration
AU - Qammar, Ahmad
AU - Aslam, Muhammad Shakeel
AU - Yaqub, Muhammad Zafar
AU - Ahmed, Farhan
AU - Ali, Imran
AU - Ali, Murad
PY - 2024/9/30
Y1 - 2024/9/30
N2 - The study examines the influence of knowledge acquisition from foreign partners on the firm’s dynamic capabilities in the context of international strategic alliances. The study also explores the determinants of knowledge acquisition, i.e., cultural intelligence, language barriers, disagreements and workplace friendship, emanating from the nexus of local and foreign partners in international strategic alliances. Further, a mediating role of knowledge acquisition in transferring the effects of the aforementioned determinants on dynamic capabilities (the outcome) has also been studied. The paper also expounds the interplay between knowledge acquisition and dynamic capabilities of local organisations while taking knowledge integration as the critical moderating contingency. Data has been collected through a survey involving 370 engineers working in six leading engineering consultancy and construction firms fostering active international alliances for mega infrastructure projects in Pakistan. The findings add to the theoretical underpinnings by creating a link between determinants of organisational learning and its consequences, i.e., dynamic capabilities. Engineering companies working in international alliances can benefit from the findings of this research for designing strategies to enhance their knowledge-base and dynamic capabilities.
AB - The study examines the influence of knowledge acquisition from foreign partners on the firm’s dynamic capabilities in the context of international strategic alliances. The study also explores the determinants of knowledge acquisition, i.e., cultural intelligence, language barriers, disagreements and workplace friendship, emanating from the nexus of local and foreign partners in international strategic alliances. Further, a mediating role of knowledge acquisition in transferring the effects of the aforementioned determinants on dynamic capabilities (the outcome) has also been studied. The paper also expounds the interplay between knowledge acquisition and dynamic capabilities of local organisations while taking knowledge integration as the critical moderating contingency. Data has been collected through a survey involving 370 engineers working in six leading engineering consultancy and construction firms fostering active international alliances for mega infrastructure projects in Pakistan. The findings add to the theoretical underpinnings by creating a link between determinants of organisational learning and its consequences, i.e., dynamic capabilities. Engineering companies working in international alliances can benefit from the findings of this research for designing strategies to enhance their knowledge-base and dynamic capabilities.
KW - cultural intelligence
KW - disagreements
KW - dynamic capabilities
KW - international strategic alliances
KW - knowledge acquisition
KW - knowledge integration
KW - language barriers
KW - workplace friendship
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85205590758&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1504/EJIM.2024.141666
DO - 10.1504/EJIM.2024.141666
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:85205590758
SN - 1751-6757
VL - 24
SP - 559
EP - 589
JO - European Journal of International Management
JF - European Journal of International Management
IS - 3-4
ER -