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2024 | OriginalPaper | Chapter

Organizational Resilience, Innovation Capabilities, and SME Performance in High-Risk Contexts

Authors : Nadia Zahoor, Ahmad Arslan, Donman Miri, Zaheer Khan

Published in: Business and Management in Asia: Disruption and Change

Publisher: Springer Nature Singapore

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Abstract

This chapter aims to establish a link between innovative capabilities and organizational performance of SMEs under the condition of organizational resilience, in relatively high-risk contexts such as emerging economies of Asia. By establishing links between the two distinct innovation capabilities—explorative and exploitative and organizational performance, the current book chapter contributes to the innovation literature by establishing the vital role of these capabilities for SMEs operating in a high-risk context to survive and improve their performance. Finally, our book chapter conceptualizes organizational resilience as a contingency factor for the utilization of explorative and exploitative innovation capabilities to enhance SMEs’ organizational performance, in relatively high-risk contexts.

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Metadata
Title
Organizational Resilience, Innovation Capabilities, and SME Performance in High-Risk Contexts
Authors
Nadia Zahoor
Ahmad Arslan
Donman Miri
Zaheer Khan
Copyright Year
2024
Publisher
Springer Nature Singapore
Book
Business and Management in Asia: Disruption and Change

Print ISBN: 978-981-9993-70-3

Electronic ISBN: 978-981-9993-71-0

Copyright Year: 2024

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-99-9371-0_11

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