How Does Cross-organizational Synergy Affect the Growth of Specialised and New Enterprises:A Case Study based on Resource Dependency Theory
In the era of digital economy,specialized and new enterprises what have specialized,refined,distinctive and novel characteristics are usually constrained by their own scale,environmental conditions,business risks and other limitations,which make it difficult for them to have all the heterogeneous resources necessary for enterprise development and adapt to the complex and changing business environment which are not conducive to sustainable high-quality growth.Existing researches still have different views on how to overcome resource disadvantages and establish a unique growth and development path for specialized new enterprises.On the one hand,through cross-organizational synergy,specialized and new enterprises can substantially access heterogeneous resources and further enhance their technological innovation advantages,opening up new growth paths.On the other hand,however,it is important to note that asymmetric cooperative relationships may lead to potential business risk problems.Therefore,based on the resource dependence theory,this paper uses the exploratory single case study method to explore how different levels of cross-organizational collaboration affect the formation and evolution of the growth model of specialized new enterprises,and to summarize the growth path of specialized and new enterprises in the digital era,as well as the intrinsic influence mechanism of cross-organizational synergy and resource dependence on the growth of specialized and new enterprises.The paper found that:according to the business objectives of different stages,specialized and new enterprises carry out cross-organizational collaborative activities from three levels of industry-academia-research synergy,value chain synergy and platform synergy,and establish close relationship with multiple external entities.Under the action of cross-organizational synergy,while acquiring complementary key resources,specialized and new enterprises will also generate resource dependence on external subjects,and there are differences in their power positions according to the differences in the scarcity of resources,autonomy in the use of resources,and availability of alternative resources of different subjects,which will lead to the generation and mutual transformation of asymmetric dependence and joint dependence relationships.The resource dependence relationship between specialized and new enterprises and other entities changes from asymmetric dependence to joint dependence,and the depth and breadth of multi-party synergy have increased,so as to promote the formation and evolution of the growth path of specialized and new enterprises and achieve the high-quality development of enterprises.The conclusions not only help to expand the literature on organizational synergy,resource dependence and the growth of SMEs,but also provide guidance and reference for the construction of growth paths for specialized and new enterprises.Specialized and new enterprises should fully adapt to the development of digital technology,adopt different cross-organizational synergy approaches according to strategic objectives and market needs,and pay attention to the resource dependence structure when establishing cooperative relationships with multiple subjects in order to achieve sustainable growth.Although this paper provides a useful analysis of the growth path of specialized,special and new enterprises from the perspective of cross-organizational synergy,it is still deficient to a certain extent.First of all,the growth of specialized,special new enterprises has significant dynamics and complexity,and this paper includes the three modes of industry-academia-research synergy,value chain synergy,and platform synergy into the discussion of cross-organizational synergy and enterprise growth mode,which lacks the comprehensiveness of the analysis.Secondly,this paper classifies the resource dependence relationship arising from collaborative cooperation into different degrees of asymmetric dependence and joint dependence based on the power factor,but different scholars have different categorization bases.Finally,this paper adopts an exploratory single-case study approach,and there are some limitations in the research conclusions.
cross-organizational synergyspecialized and new enterpriseenterprise growthresource dependence theory
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