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

Adomako, Samuel
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Amankwah-Amoah, J.
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Debrah, Y.
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Khan, Z.
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Robinson, C.
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Chu, Irene
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2020
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Inter-firm cooperation, Institutional voids, R&D support, Africa, Ghana, Small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs), Emerging markets
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© 2020 Wiley. This is the peer-reviewed version of the following article: Adomako S, et al (2020) Institutional Voids, Economic Adversity, and Inter-firm Cooperation in an Emerging Market: The Mediating Role of Government R&D Support, which has been published in the British Journal of Management, the final form is at https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/journal/14678551. 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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This article 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 from 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. Implications for theory and practice are discussed.
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Adomako S, Amankwah-Amoah J, Debrah Y, Khan Z, Chu I and Robinson C (2020) Institutional Voids, Economic Adversity, and Inter-firm Cooperation in an Emerging Market: The Mediating Role of Government R&D Support. British Journal of Management. 32(1): 40-58.
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