Evaluation the Performance Effect of Organizational Antecedents of Platform Competency in Environmental Turbulence Conditions: with Mediation Role of Platform Competency

Document Type : Production & Operations Management

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1 Professor, Department of Industrial Management, Faculty of Management, University of Tehran,Tehran, Iran

2 Professor, Department of Management, Faculty of Management, Malek-Ashtar University,Tehran, Iran

3 Associate Professor, Department of Industrial Management, Faculty of Management, University of Tehran,Tehran, Iran

4 PhD student, Faculty of Management, Tehran University, Tehran, Iran

Abstract

The purpose of this study was to investigate the effect of organizational antecedents and factors on platform performance in environmental turbulence and considering the role of Platform competency mediation in knowledge-based firms active in the field of ICT and computer software in Tehran province. In terms of purpose this research is an applied study and in terms of data gathering to test hypotheses is descriptive-analytic. To collect the data, standard questionnaires were distributed among senior executives and experts of these companies, out of 250 distributed questionnaires, 150 were returned and of these, 141 were usable and analyzed by PLS software. The results of the data analysis show that organizational factors positively and significantly affect platform competency, except for the continuity of the platform development team, and also affect the performance of the platform through mediating role of platform competency. The results also indicated that the environmental turbulence dimensions moderated the relationship between organizational factors-platform competences. The positive and significant impact of platform competency on platform performance was also confirmed. 

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  • Receive Date: 23 January 2020
  • Revise Date: 28 February 2020
  • Accept Date: 04 March 2020

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