The exploitation of dynamic entrepreneurial capabilities by South African security firms
The exploitation of dynamic entrepreneurial capabilities by South African security firms
This multi-case study examines how three security firms in South Africa, at different stages in their evolutionary lifecycle, exploit entrepreneurial behavioural capabilities to innovate with technology-mediated services. The Dynamic Entrepreneurial Capabilities conceptual framework, a hybrid organizational capability framework for analysing impacts of complex and discontinuous technology innovation on organizations, is used. Its emphasis on insight and heuristics was found to be highly appropriate for understanding the behavioural reality of the case organizations’ orientations pro and contra entrepreneurial activity.
dynamic entrepreneurial capability, technology, private security, South Africa
Ojiako, Udechukwu
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Maguire, Stuart
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Marshall, Alasdair
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Chipulu, Maxwell
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Ojiako, Udechukwu
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Maguire, Stuart
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Marshall, Alasdair
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Chipulu, Maxwell
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Ojiako, Udechukwu, Maguire, Stuart, Marshall, Alasdair and Chipulu, Maxwell
(2015)
The exploitation of dynamic entrepreneurial capabilities by South African security firms.
Competition and Change, 20 (2).
(doi:10.1177/1024529415623918).
Abstract
This multi-case study examines how three security firms in South Africa, at different stages in their evolutionary lifecycle, exploit entrepreneurial behavioural capabilities to innovate with technology-mediated services. The Dynamic Entrepreneurial Capabilities conceptual framework, a hybrid organizational capability framework for analysing impacts of complex and discontinuous technology innovation on organizations, is used. Its emphasis on insight and heuristics was found to be highly appropriate for understanding the behavioural reality of the case organizations’ orientations pro and contra entrepreneurial activity.
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e-pub ahead of print date: 28 December 2015
Keywords:
dynamic entrepreneurial capability, technology, private security, South Africa
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Centre of Excellence in Decision, Analytics & Risk Research
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Local EPrints ID: 384735
URI: http://eprints.soton.ac.uk/id/eprint/384735
ISSN: 0024-6301
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Udechukwu Ojiako
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Stuart Maguire
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Maxwell Chipulu
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