The process of dynamic capability emergence in technology start-ups – an exploratory longitudinal study in China

Technology Analysis and Strategic Management

Volumn 27, Issue 6, 2015, Pages 675-692

  Ma, Xiaofeng ^a   Zhou, Zhao ^b   Fan, Xiuhong ^c  

^a TONGJI UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b SHANGHAI UNIVERSITY OF FINANCE AND ECONOMICS   (China)

^c HEBEI UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

China; dynamic capabilities; longitudinal study; start ups

Indexed keywords

RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT; TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENT; TECHNOLOGY ADOPTION;

CHINA;

EID: 84929084691     PISSN: 09537325     EISSN: 14653990     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09537325.2015.1034266     Document Type: Article

References (55)

1. Arthurs, J. D., and L. W. Busenitz. 2006. “Dynamic Capabilities and Venture Performance: The Effects of Venture Capitalists.” Journal of Business Venturing 21 (2): 195–215. doi: 10.1016/j.jbusvent.2005.04.004
2. Baker, T., A. S. Miner, and D. T. Eesley. 2003. “Improvising Firms: Bricolage, Account Giving and Improvisational Competencies in the Founding Process.” Research Policy 32 (2): 255–276. doi: 10.1016/S0048-7333(02)00099-9
3. Barney, J. 1991. “Firm Resources and Sustained Competitive Advantage.” Journal of Management 17 (1): 99–120. doi: 10.1177/014920639101700108
4. Bessant, J., B. von Stamm, and K. M. Moeslein. 2011. “Selection Strategies for Discontinuous Innovation.” International Journal of Technology Management 55 (1/2): 156–170. doi: 10.1504/IJTM.2011.041685
5. Boccardelli, P., and M. G. Magnusson. 2006. “Dynamic Capabilities in Early-phase Entrepreneurship.” Knowledge and Process Management 13 (3): 162–174. doi: 10.1002/kpm.255
6. Bowman, C., and V. Ambrosini. 2003. “How the Resource-based and the Dynamic Capability Views of the Firm Inform Corporate-level Strategy.” British Journal of Management 14 (4): 289–303. doi: 10.1111/j.1467-8551.2003.00380.x
7. Bruni, D. S., and G. Verona. 2009. “Dynamic Marketing Capabilities in Science-based Firms: an Exploratory Investigation of the Pharmaceutical Industry.” British Journal of Management 20 (s1): S101–S117. doi: 10.1111/j.1467-8551.2008.00615.x
8. Chen, J., J. Li, J. B. He, and Z. Li. 2002. “Development of Geographic Information Systems (GIS) in China: An Overview.” Photogtammetric Engineering & Remote Sensing 68 (4): 325–332.
9. Danneels, E. 2011. “Trying to Become a Different Type of Company: Dynamic Capability at Smith Corona.” Strategic Management Journal 32 (1): 1–31. doi: 10.1002/smj.863
10. Delmar, F., and S. Shane. 2003. “Does Business Planning Facilitate the Development of New Ventures?” Strategic Management Journal 24 (12): 1165–1185. doi: 10.1002/smj.349
11. Dew, N., S. Read, S. D. Sarasvathy, and R. Wiltbank. 2011. “On the Entrepreneurial Genesis of New Markets: Effectual Transformations versus Causal Search and Selection.” Journal of Evolutionary Economics 21 (2): 231–253. doi: 10.1007/s00191-010-0185-1
12. Easterby-Smith, M., M. A. Lyles, and M. A. Peteraf. 2009. “Dynamic Capabilities: Current Debates and Future Directions.” British Journal of Management 20 (s1): S1–S8. doi: 10.1111/j.1467-8551.2008.00609.x
13. Eisenhardt, K. M. 1989. “Building Theories from Case Study Research.” The Academy of Management Review 14 (4): 532–550.
14. Eisenhardt, K. M., and M. E. Graebner. 2007. “Theory Building from Cases: Opportunities and Challenges.” Academy of Management Journal 50 (1): 25–32. doi: 10.5465/AMJ.2007.24160888
15. Eisenhardt, K. M., and J. A. Martin. 2000. “Dynamic Capabilities: What Are They?” Strategic Management Journal 21 (10–11): 1105–1121. doi: 10.1002/1097-0266(200010/11)21:10/11<1105::AID-SMJ133>3.0.CO;2-E
16. Feldman, M. S., and B. T. Pentland. 2003. “Reconceptualizing Organizational Routines as a Source of Flexibility and Change.” Administrative Science Quarterly 48 (1): 94–118. doi: 10.2307/3556620
17. Garud, R., and P. Karnøe. 2003. “Bricolage versus Breakthrough: Distributed and Embedded Agency in Technology Entrepreneurship.” Research Policy 32 (2): 277–300. doi: 10.1016/S0048-7333(02)00100-2
18. Helfat, C. E., and M. A. Peteraf. 2009. “Understanding Dynamic Capabilities: Progress Along a Developmental Path.” Strategic Organization 7 (1): 91–102. doi: 10.1177/1476127008100133
19. Hill, R. C., and M. Levenhagen. 1995. “Metaphors and Mental Models: Sensemaking and Sensegiving in Innovative and Entrepreneurial Activities.” Journal of Management 21 (6): 1057–1074. doi: 10.1177/014920639502100603
20. Hoopes, D. G., and T. L. Madsen. 2008. “A Capability-based View of Competitive Heterogeneity.” Industrial and Corporate Change 17 (3): 393–426. doi: 10.1093/icc/dtn008
21. Jiao, H., I. Alon, C. K. Koo, and Y. Cui. 2013. “When Should Organizational Change be Implemented? The Moderating Effect of Environmental Dynamism Between Dynamic Capabilities and New venture Performance.” Journal of Engineering and Technology Management 30 (2): 188–205. doi: 10.1016/j.jengtecman.2013.01.005
22. Johnson, W. H. A., and R. Filippini. 2013. “Integration Capabilities as Mediator of Product Development Practices–Performance.” Journal of Engineering and Technology Management 30 (1): 95–111. doi: 10.1016/j.jengtecman.2012.11.002
23. Jones, G., and A. Kraft. 2004. “Corporate Venturing: The Origins of Unilever's Pregnancy Test.” Business History 46 (1): 100–122. doi: 10.1080/00076790412331270139
24. Jones, O., and A. Macpherson. 2006. “Inter-organizational Learning and Strategic Renewal in SMEs: Extending the 4I Framework.” Long Range Planning 39 (2): 155–175. doi: 10.1016/j.lrp.2005.02.012
25. King, A. A., and C. L. Tucci. 2002. “Incumbent Entry into New Market Niches: The Role of Experience and Managerial Choice in the Creation of Dynamic Capabilities.” Management Science 48 (2): 171–186. doi: 10.1287/mnsc.48.2.171.253
26. Langley, A. 1999. “Strategies for Theorizing from Process Data.” The Academy of Management Review 24 (4): 691–710.
27. Lee, T. W., T. R. Mitchell, and C. J. Sablynski. 1999. “Qualitative Research in Organizational and Vocational Psychology, 1979–1999.” Journal of Vocational Behavior 55 (2): 161–187. doi: 10.1006/jvbe.1999.1707
28. Lumpkin, G. T., and B. B. Lichtenstein. 2005. “The Role of Organizational Learning in the Opportunity-Recognition Process.” Entrepreneurship Theory and Practice 29 (4): 451–472. doi: 10.1111/j.1540-6520.2005.00093.x
29. Ma, X., and H. Loeh. 2007. “Closing the Gap: How Should Chinese Companies Build the Capabilities to Implement ERP-driven Process Innovation?” International Journal of Technology Management 39 (3/4): 380–395. doi: 10.1504/IJTM.2007.013501
30. Marion, T., D. Dunlap, and J. Friar. 2012. “Instilling the Entrepreneurial Spirit in Your R&D Team: What Large Firms Can Learn from Successful Start-ups.” IEEE Transactions on Engineering Management 59 (2): 323–337. doi: 10.1109/TEM.2011.2147792
31. Marsh, S. J., and G. N. Stock. 2003. “Building Dynamic Capabilities in New Product Development through Intertemporal Integration.” Journal of Product Innovation Management 20 (2): 136–148. doi: 10.1111/1540-5885.2002006
32. Mathiassen, L., and A. M. Vainio. 2007. “Dynamic Capabilities in Small Software Firms: A Sense-and-Respond Approach.” IEEE Transactions on Engineering Management 54 (3): 522–538. doi: 10.1109/TEM.2007.900782
33. McKelvie, A., and P. Davidsson. 2009. “From Resource Base to Dynamic Capabilities: an Investigation of New Firms.” British Journal of Management 20 (s1): S63–S80. doi: 10.1111/j.1467-8551.2008.00613.x
34. Miles, M. B., and A. M. Huberman. 1994. Qualitative Data Analysis. Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage.
35. Obstfeld, D. 2012. “Creative Projects: A Less Routine Approach Toward Getting New Things Done.” Organization Science 23 (6): 1571–1592. doi: 10.1287/orsc.1110.0706
36. Pentland, B. T., M. S. Feldman, M. C. Becker, and P. Liu. 2012. “Dynamics of Organizational Routines: A Generative Model.” Journal of Management Studies 49 (8): 1484–1508. doi: 10.1111/j.1467-6486.2012.01064.x
37. Salvato, C. 2009. “Capabilities Unveiled: The Role of Ordinary Activities in the Evolution of Product Development Processes.” Organization Science 20 (2): 384–409. doi: 10.1287/orsc.1080.0408
38. Sandhawalia, B. S., and D. Dalcher. 2011. “Developing Knowledge Management Capabilities: A Structured Approach.” Journal of Knowledge Management 15 (2): 313–328. doi: 10.1108/13673271111119718
39. Sapienza, H. J., E. Autio, G. George, and S. A. Zahra. 2006. “A Capabilities Perspective on the Effects of Early Internationalization on Firm Survival and Growth.” Academy of Management Review 31 (4): 914–933. doi: 10.5465/AMR.2006.22527465
40. Schirmer, F. 2013. “The Dual Process Model of Dynamic Capabilities – Micro-political Desiderata and Prospects of Reconstruction.” Zeitschrift fur personalforshung 27 (1): 5–25.
41. Shane, S., and S. Venkataraman. 2003. “Guest Editors’ Introduction to the Special Issue on Technology Entrepreneurship.” Research Policy 32 (2): 181–184. doi: 10.1016/S0048-7333(02)00104-X
42. Teece, D. J. 2007. “Explicating Dynamic Capabilities: The Nature and Microfoundations of (Sustainable) Enterprise Performance.” Strategic Management Journal 28 (13): 1319–1350. doi: 10.1002/smj.640
43. Teece, D. J. 2012. “Dynamic Capabilities: Routines versus Entrepreneurial Action.” Journal of Management Studies 49 (8): 1395–1401. doi: 10.1111/j.1467-6486.2012.01080.x
44. Teece, D. J., G. Pisano, and A. Shuen. 1997. “Dynamic Capabilities and Strategic Management.” Strategic Management Journal 18 (7): 509–533. doi: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-0266(199708)18:7<509::AID-SMJ882>3.0.CO;2-Z
45. Vohora, A., M. Wright, and A. Lockett. 2004. “Critical Junctures in the Development of University High-tech Spinout Companies.” Research Policy 33 (1): 147–175. doi: 10.1016/S0048-7333(03)00107-0
46. Wang, C. L., and P. K. Ahmed. 2007. “Dynamic Capabilities: A Review and Research Agenda.” International Journal of Management Reviews 9 (1): 31–51. doi: 10.1111/j.1468-2370.2007.00201.x
47. Winter, S. G. 2003. “Understanding Dynamic Capabilities.” Strategic Management Journal 24 (10): 991–995. doi: 10.1002/smj.318
48. Winter, S. G. 2012. “Capabilities: Their Origins and Ancestry.” Journal of Management Studies 49 (8): 1402–1406. doi: 10.1111/j.1467-6486.2012.01081.x
49. Wood, M. S., and W. McKinley. 2010. “The Production of Entrepreneurial Opportunity: A Constructivist Perspective.” Strategic Entrepreneurship Journal 4 (1): 66–84. doi: 10.1002/sej.83
50. Wu, L.-Y. 2007. “Entrepreneurial Resources, Dynamic Capabilities and Start-up Performance of Taiwan's High-tech Firms.” Journal of Business Research 60 (5): 549–555. doi: 10.1016/j.jbusres.2007.01.007
51. Yin, R. K. 2009. Case study research: Design and methods. 4th ed. Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage.
52. Zahra, S. A., H. J. Sapienza, and P. Davidsson. 2006. “Entrepreneurship and Dynamic Capabilities: A Review, Model and Research Agenda.” Journal of Management Studies 43 (4): 917–955. doi: 10.1111/j.1467-6486.2006.00616.x
53. Zhang, Y., and H. Li. 2010. “Innovation Search of New Ventures in a Technology Cluster: The Role of Ties with Service Intermediaries.” Strategic Management Journal 31 (1): 88–109. doi: 10.1002/smj.806
54. Zollo, M., and S. G. Winter. 2002. “Deliberate Learning and the Evolution of Dynamic Capabilities.” Organization Science 13 (3): 339–351. doi: 10.1287/orsc.13.3.339.2780
55. Zott, C. 2003. “Dynamic Capabilities and the Emergence of Intraindustry Differential Firm Performance: Insights from a Simulation Study.” Strategic Management Journal 24 (2): 97–125. doi: 10.1002/smj.288