Dynamic Capabilities and Competitive Advantages: The Moderating Effect of Environmental Dynamism

Currently, sustainability emerges as a key element on which the development of competitive advantages for businesses is based. In the dynamic and turbulent environment in which retail companies operate, sustainable practices are posited as an opportunity for their progress and survival. Through this article, it is intended to advance the nature and dimensions of this construct and examine its influence on store equity and consumer satisfaction. Furthermore, this work analyses the moderating effect of gender on these variables and the mediating nature of brand equity in the development of consumer satisfaction. All this is developed through a quantitative study carried out on a sample of 510 consumers of different food retail commercial formats (hypermarkets, supermarkets, and discount stores) in Spain. The technique used for data analysis is partial least squares (PLS) regression. The results show the importance of sustainability and brand equity in the development of consumer satisfaction in the retail sector, with the intensity of its effects being a gender issue. On the other hand, brand equity is positioned as a key element thanks to its mediating effect between sustainability and satisfaction. All of this points to the need to move towards more sustainable business models.

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An Empirical Study on Green Innovation Strategy and Sustainable Competitive Advantages: Path and Boundary

Sustainability ◽

10.3390/su10103631 ◽

2018 ◽

Vol 10 (10) ◽

pp. 3631 ◽

Cited By ~ 17

Author(s):

Baoshan Ge ◽

Yibing Yang ◽

Dake Jiang ◽

Yang Gao ◽

Xiaomin Du ◽

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Keyword(s):

Dynamic Capabilities ◽

Environmental Uncertainty ◽

Reference Value ◽

Mediating Effect ◽

Management Theory ◽

Innovation Strategy ◽

Competitive Advantages ◽

Green Innovation ◽

Sustainable Competitive Advantages ◽

The Impact

Although green innovation strategy (GIS) is the driving force for the sustainable development of enterprises, while the strategy is implemented, an increased cost and a change in organizational routines will cause an organization to become fragile, and even affect the sustainable competitive advantages. So, the purpose of this paper is to explore the impact path of GIS on sustainable competitive advantages and the implementation boundary of GIS. To explain the impact path, we consider the concept of dynamic capabilities to be the mediator variable. To explain the implementation boundary of GIS, we systematically explore the relationships among GIS, dynamic capabilities and sustainable competitive advantages under different levels of environmental uncertainty. Based on 241 new Chinese green firms, the empirical results find that GIS helps enterprises to gain sustainable competitive advantages. However, in the process of strategy implementation, enterprises should choose appropriate methods according to different degrees of environmental uncertainty. In a low environmental uncertainty, dynamic capabilities play a full intermediary role between GIS and sustainable competitive advantages. However, in a high environmental uncertainty, dynamic capabilities have no mediating effect between GIS and sustainable competitive advantages. This study not only integrates green management theory and strategic management theory but also makes up for the deficiencies in research on these theories and has important reference value for enterprises that seek to carry out green innovation activities.

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Investigate the role of distributed leadership and strategic flexibility in fostering business model innovation

Chinese Management Studies ◽

10.1108/cms-02-2018-0420 ◽

2019 ◽

Vol 13 (1) ◽

pp. 93-112 ◽

Cited By ~ 3

Author(s):

Suqin Liao ◽

Zhiying Liu ◽

Lihua Fu ◽

Peichi Ye

Keyword(s):

Business Model ◽

Distributed Leadership ◽

Structural Equation ◽

Dynamic Capabilities ◽

Business Model Innovation ◽

Equation Modeling ◽

High Tech ◽

Strategic Flexibility ◽

Environmental Dynamism ◽

Content Type

PurposeThe purpose of this paper is to examine whether the new distributed leadership patterns is an important driver for innovating business model. By synthesizing insights from the dynamic capabilities perspective, it also explores how and when distributed leadership enhances the business model innovation (BMI) by involving strategic flexibility as a mediator and environmental dynamism as important contingency.Design/methodology/approachA survey via questionnaire was conducted with 262 CEOs and 262 senior managers from Chinese high-tech companies that provided the research data. Structural equation modeling and linear regression analyses were used to test the time-lagged data, and then the main research questions were responded to.FindingsThe analysis reveals that distributed leadership has a significant direct influence on BMI, and that distributed leadership also indirectly affects BMI by enhancing strategic flexibility. Environmental dynamism strengthens the positive effect of distributed leadership on BMI under strategic flexibility.Originality/valueThis paper advances and enriches the emerging stream of BMI research. It presents an innovative conceptual analysis of the antecedents of BMI, and it shows a possible solution for BMI that complements extant research that considers which and how the leadership style of the organizations affects the business model change.

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