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Neise, Thomas ORCID: 0000-0001-6080-6725 and Diez, Javier Revilla ORCID: 0000-0003-2065-1380 (2019). Adapt, move or surrender? Manufacturing firms' routines and dynamic capabilities on flood risk reduction in coastal cities of Indonesia. Int. J. Disaster Risk Reduct., 33. S. 332 - 343. AMSTERDAM: ELSEVIER SCIENCE BV. ISSN 2212-4209

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Abstract

Many manufacturing firms collocate within coastal urban areas in Indonesia. At these locations, they are severely affected by the most occurring environmental hazard, floods. Although research on firms' adaptation to environmental hazards is burgeoning, the focus still lies on damage evaluation, support for disaster relief, or on how firms can support the community. Despite the fact that floods are a recurrent and aggravating stressor for firms, particularly in developing countries, a clear understanding of how firms develop adaptation strategies and which rationales determine their strategy has been sparsely addressed. Therefore, this paper derives flood adaptation strategies from the literature and empirically test them on flood-prone manufacturing firms in Jakarta and Semarang. Based on 67 in-depth interviews, we demonstrate that firms' routines (i.e., behavioral pattern) and dynamic capabilities (i.e., competencies) determine the adaptation strategies of manufacturing firms in Jakarta and Semarang. The study shows that firms' flood adaptation strategies differ regarding business size and between both cities. Particularly, it is detected that large and medium-sized firms can adapt more effectively to floods, while small firms face difficulties due to inferior routines and dynamic capabilities. This shortcoming jeopardizes their general business viability. Overall, the paper emphasizes the imperative for a deeper understanding of firms' adaptation strategies since viable firms are an essential player to strengthen the social welfare, economic development, and ecological conservation in flood-prone areas.

Item Type:	Journal Article
Creators:	Creators Email ORCID ORCID Put Code Neise, Thomas UNSPECIFIED orcid.org/0000-0001-6080-6725 UNSPECIFIED Diez, Javier Revilla UNSPECIFIED orcid.org/0000-0003-2065-1380 UNSPECIFIED
URN:	urn:nbn:de:hbz:38-158616
DOI:	10.1016/j.ijdrr.2018.10.018
Journal or Publication Title:	Int. J. Disaster Risk Reduct.
Volume:	33
Page Range:	S. 332 - 343
Date:	2019
Publisher:	ELSEVIER SCIENCE BV
Place of Publication:	AMSTERDAM
ISSN:	2212-4209
Language:	English
Faculty:	Unspecified
Divisions:	Unspecified
Subjects:	no entry
Uncontrolled Keywords:	Keywords Language MEDIUM-SIZED ENTERPRISES; CLIMATE-CHANGE; LAND SUBSIDENCE; SEMARANG; MANAGEMENT; RESPONSES; EVOLUTION; CAPACITY; JAKARTA; CITY Multiple languages Geosciences, Multidisciplinary; Meteorology & Atmospheric Sciences; Water Resources Multiple languages
Refereed:	Yes
URI:	http://kups.ub.uni-koeln.de/id/eprint/15861