Selen Kars Selen.Kars@uwe.ac.uk
Associate Professor in Organisation Studies
Dynamic managerial capabilities in micro-enterprises: Stability, vulnerability and the role of managerial time allocation
Kars-Unluoglu, Selen; Kevill, Alex; Trehan, Kiran; Harrington, Shelley
Authors
Alex Kevill
Kiran Trehan
Shelley Harrington
Abstract
This article analyses how dynamic capabilities are enacted in micro-enterprises and what role different parties and managerial time allocation play in this enactment. Drawing upon three in-depth case studies of micro-enterprises, we make three theoretical contributions. First, after arguing that micro-enterprises are likely to enact individual- or group-level dynamic managerial capabilities rather than organisation-level dynamic capabilities, we counter Teece’s warnings about the vulnerable nature of dynamic managerial capabilities. Second, we identify that how managers allocate their own time, is a core micro-foundation of dynamic managerial capabilities; we illustrate that failure to allocate time to capability enactment can lead to capability vulnerability. Finally, we introduce the notion of ‘self-damaging dynamic managerial capabilities’ – these being capabilities that damage established micro-foundations.
Journal Article Type | Article |
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Acceptance Date | Oct 13, 2020 |
Online Publication Date | Nov 28, 2020 |
Publication Date | Sep 1, 2021 |
Deposit Date | Nov 20, 2020 |
Publicly Available Date | Oct 19, 2021 |
Journal | International Small Business Journal: Researching Entrepreneurship |
Print ISSN | 0266-2426 |
Electronic ISSN | 1741-2870 |
Publisher | SAGE Publications |
Peer Reviewed | Peer Reviewed |
Volume | 39 |
Issue | 6 |
Pages | 507-531 |
DOI | https://doi.org/10.1177/0266242620970473 |
Keywords | dynamic capabilities, dynamic managerial capabilities, managerial time allocation, micro-enterprises, owner-manager |
Public URL | https://uwe-repository.worktribe.com/output/6804886 |
Additional Information | Co-authors: Alex Kevill, Kiran Trehan, Shelley Harrington |
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