The exploitation of dynamic entrepreneurial capabilities by South African security firms

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

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
• 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