Document Type : Research Paper
Authors
1 Assistant professor, Management Department, Shahid Chamran University of Ahvaz
2 M.A. in Business Management-Finance, Shahid Chamran Universtiy of Ahvaz.
Abstract
Pursuit of superior financial performance is one of the most important issues for firms and management researchers. This study examines the relationship among organizational learning, innovation and financial performance, and that whether this relationship improves in the context of strategic alliances. We tested our model on a sample of 105 partnering firms, applying structural equation modeling based on
Partial Least Squares (PLS) methodology. Results suggest a significant and positive relationship among organizational learning, innovation and financial performance. Also, it is manifested that this relationships becomes stronger in cases of firms partnering together.
بازرگان، عباس و زهره سرمد و الهه حجازی 5121 ، روشهای تحقیق در علوم رفتاری، چاپ
پانزدهم، نشرآگاه،.
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پانزدهم، نشرآگاه،.
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Psychological Bulletin, 103(3), 411-423.
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organizations: an integrative framework and review of emerging
themes. Management Science 49 (4), 571–582
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Organizational Learning Research. Management Learning 2004; 35;
397
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of product innovators among large US manufacturers. Management
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differences on continuance intentions of enterprise resource planning
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Least Squares Path Modeling In International Marketing. New
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Strategic Alliances.” European Management Journal 16(2): 223-229.
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knowledge management in product and organization design. Strategic
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The Learning Organization
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Silver Bullet or Voodoo Statistics? A Primer for Using the Partial
Least Squares Data Analytic Technique in Group and Organization
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Organisational Learning’, The Journal of Management Studies
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organizational creativity. Academy of Management Review; 18 (2):
293 –321.
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modeling for causal analysis, Expert Systems with Applications, 37.
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