Dynamic Capabilities and International Business Research: Managerial and Financial Perspectives

ISBN : 9781837537051

Author : Enrico Battisti

Publisher : Emerald Publishing Limited

Year : 2023

Language : English

Type : E-book

Description : This special issue comprises eight papers from dissimilar fields, with original informative content and implications for theory and practice. The contribution of Ahmad et al. “Small and medium enterprises dynamic capabilities efficacy during COVID-19: moderating role of CEO gender,” examines the role of DCs in the financial performance of the small-medium enterprises (SMEs) during COVID-19 in Pakistan. The authors provide evidence that DCs have a significant positive effect on the SME’s operating level and revenues in a pandemic context. Furthermore, the authors highlighted the role of CEO gender in the performance of SMEs. Barcelos et al. in their paper “The role of a local network in achieving contextual ambidexterity in foreign subsidiaries operating in Brazil – a multi-level analysis,” present empirical evidence regarding the strong influence of the management team in achieving subsidiary ambidexterity in Brazilian context. The authors highlight that subsidiaries need to improve the management team’s effectiveness to achieve contextual ambidexterity. The paper “Accelerated internationalization of SMEs and microfoundations of dynamic capabilities: towards an integrated conceptual framework” by Chebbi et al. presents a conceptual framework, based on ten propositions, to better identify the microfoundations of DCs based on sensing opportunities, seizing opportunities and reconfiguring, and their impact on SMEs’ accelerated internationalization. The study by AlShehhi et al. “Influential dynamic capabilities and small and medium enterprises' internationalization success: mediating role of international entrepreneurial orientation” investigates how international entrepreneurial orientation (IEO) mediates the relationship among influential DCs and the internationalization success of SMEs in the United Arab Emirates. In particular, the IEO mediates the relationship between DCs and internationalization success based on a sample of 660 SMEs. Abdelzaher et al. in the work “MNCs’ orchestration capability of the 3Ds and financial performance,” consider a sample of companies drawn from Fortune 500 and show that orchestrating multination corporations with an international configuration described by high density, low geographic distance and low internetwork scope diversity has a positive impact on firm performance. The paper by Bresciani et al. “Environmental MCS package, perceived environmental uncertainty and green performance: in green dynamic capabilities and investment in environmental management perspectives” analyzes the influence of environmental management control system package and perceived environmental uncertainty on green performance and green DCs as mediators. In particular, the authors consider the investments in environmental management as a moderator between green DCs and green performance in Pakistan. Olarewaju and Ajeyalemi, in their study “COVID-19 uncertainties, dynamic capabilities and the strategic response of multinational enterprises,” highlight six unusual uncertainties and challenges that multinational enterprises might face because of COVID-19 pandemic. In particular, the authors present evidence to support the suggestion that multinational enterprises could persist resilient by using DCs in response to uncertainties connected to the pandemic context. Finally, the contribution by Abdelzaher and Ramadan “Dynamic capabilities and FDI in conflict zones: the role of diversification and stock management capabilities” reveals that companies with superior international geographical diversification capabilities and those with superior local stock management capability are more probable to launch subsidiaries in high ongoing conflict zones. Furthermore, this paper highlights that while it may be unprofitable for companies to seek foreign direct investment in high-conflict zones, companies that operate in manufacturing, infrastructure and natural resource extraction experienced positive performance.

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