TY - JOUR
T1 - Dynamic managerial capabilities in micro-Enterprises
T2 - Stability, Vulnerability and the role of managerial time allocation
AU - Kevill, Alex
AU - Trehan, Kiran
AU - Harrington, Shelley
AU - Kars-Unluoglu, Selen
PY - 2020/11/28
Y1 - 2020/11/28
N2 - 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 indepth 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.
AB - 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 indepth 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.
KW - Dynamic capabilities
KW - Dynamic managerial capabilities
KW - Micro-enterprises
KW - Owner-manager
KW - Managerial time allocation
UR - https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-85096827261&doi=10.1177%2f0266242620970473&partnerID=40&md5=d18a075d1800a68daf57117de3682333
U2 - 10.1177/0266242620970473
DO - 10.1177/0266242620970473
M3 - Article
JO - International Small Business Journal
JF - International Small Business Journal
SN - 0266-2426
ER -