Organizational learning (Bontis, Crossan and Hulland, 2002) and capabilities (Barney, 1991) have been argued to increase performance. Recently, connections have been established between organizational learning and capabilities. On the one hand, learning has been considered as a capability (Hult and Ketchen, 2001; Goh, 2003; Henri, 2006), leading to the idea of “learning capability”. On the othe...

This study investigates the relationships among product/process modularity, organizational learning practices, and mass customization (MC) capability. Drawing on organizational learning theory, we propose that organizational learning practices help to embed the knowledge gained from modular design practices into organizational processes, enhancing MC capability. We empirically test the mediatin...

Purpose This study aims to determine the effect of organizational learning capability (OLC) on innovation (OI) and identify type that is accorded more emphasis by Ethiopian manufacturing firms. Design/methodology/approach applied an explanatory research design, cross-sectional data were gathered through structured questionnaires from general HR managers 197 firms in Addis Ababa Oromia, Ethiopia...

There are two main streams of research related to alliance performance. From economic sociology perspective, relational capital is the dyadic factor determines alliance performance. Strong relational capital leads to good alliance performance. From organizational learning theory or competence-based theory perspective, alliance capability is the firm’s ability to achieve good alliance performanc...

The main purpose of this research is to study the impact of the human resources measures on organization performance through the mediating role of organizational learning capability. The study population consisted of 220 employees of the financial branches of the Social Security Organization of KHUZESTAN province. Census method was used for data collection, a total of 220 questionnaires were di...

Over the last few years, research on trust within organizations has been becoming increasingly important. Despite the fact that the majority of studies have suggested that it is beneficial for organizational performance, some empirical evidence has generated contradictory results concerning these variables. For this reason, this research attempts to look in depth at the relationships between tr...

Drawing upon the organizational learning perspective, this study focuses on the relationship between external integration and organizational responsiveness, and how such relationship is moderated by three kinds of information technology (IT) capability (i.e. inside-out, outside-in, spanning). The results of 197 firms in China reveal the positive relationship between external integration and org...