Skip to main content

Research Repository

Advanced Search

The exploitation of dynamic entrepreneurial capabilities by South African security firms

Ojiako, Udechukwu; Marshall, Alasdair; Maguire, Stuart; Chipulu, Maxwell

Authors

Udechukwu Ojiako

Alasdair Marshall

Stuart Maguire



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 organiza0tional 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.

Citation

Ojiako, U., Marshall, A., Maguire, S., & Chipulu, M. (2016). The exploitation of dynamic entrepreneurial capabilities by South African security firms. Competition and Change, 20(2), 89-105. https://doi.org/10.1177/1024529415623918

Journal Article Type Article
Acceptance Date Sep 12, 2015
Online Publication Date Dec 28, 2015
Publication Date 2016-04
Deposit Date Sep 22, 2021
Print ISSN 1024-5294
Electronic ISSN 1477-2221
Publisher SAGE Publications
Peer Reviewed Peer Reviewed
Volume 20
Issue 2
Pages 89-105
DOI https://doi.org/10.1177/1024529415623918
Keywords Dynamic entrepreneurial capability, technology, private security, South Africa
Public URL http://researchrepository.napier.ac.uk/Output/2802342