Institutional Voids, Economic Adversity, and Inter-firm Cooperation in an Emerging Market: The Mediating Role of Government R&D Support

Samuel Adomako; Joseph Amankwah-Amoah; Yaw  Debrah; Zaheer Khan; Irene  Chu; Catherine Robinson

doi:10.1111/1467-8551.12443

Institutional Voids, Economic Adversity, and Inter-firm Cooperation in an Emerging Market: The Mediating Role of Government R&D Support

Samuel Adomako, Joseph Amankwah-Amoah^* (Corresponding Author), Yaw Debrah, Zaheer Khan, Irene Chu, Catherine Robinson

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This paper examines the mediating mechanism of the relationship between institutional voids (IVs) and inter‐firm cooperation and the moderating role of economic adversity in the context of small and medium‐sized enterprises (SMEs) based in emerging markets. The hypotheses are tested using time‐lagged survey data from 214 SMEs in Ghana. The findings provide support for the hypotheses by showing that: (1) IVs positively influence the use of government research and development (R&D) support; (2) the use of government R&D support mediates the relationship between IVs and inter‐firm cooperation; and (3) economic adversity positively moderates the relationship between IVs and the use of government R&D support. The findings contribute to understanding the role of IVs in inter‐firm cooperation. The wider implications for theory and practice are examined.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	40-58
Number of pages	19
Journal	British Journal of Management
Volume	32
Issue number	1
Early online date	26 Oct 2020
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1111/1467-8551.12443
Publication status	Published - 1 Jan 2021

Keywords

ABSORPTIVE-CAPACITY
BUSINESS GROUPS
DEVELOPING-COUNTRIES
ENTREPRENEURIAL ORIENTATION
EXPLORATORY INNOVATIONS
FIRM
INTERORGANIZATIONAL COLLABORATION
PERFORMANCE
RESOURCES
STRATEGY

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This is the peer reviewed version of the following article: Adomako, S., Amankwah‐Amoah, J., Debrah, Y.A., Khan, Z., Chu, I. and Robinson, C. (2021), Institutional Voids, Economic Adversity and Inter‐firm Cooperation in an Emerging Market: The Mediating Role of Government R&D Support. Brit J Manage, 32: 40-58, which has been published in final form at https://doi.org/10.1111/1467-8551.12443. This article may be used for non-commercial purposes in accordance with Wiley Terms and Conditions for Use of Self-Archived Versions.
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