The Role of Dynamic Cloud Capability in Improving SME’s Strategic Agility and Resource Flexibility: An Empirical Study

Aleem Uddin, Dilek Cetindamar (), Igor Hawryszkiewycz and Osama Sohaib
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Aleem Uddin: Australian Research Data Commons, Melbourne, VIC 3145, Australia
Dilek Cetindamar: The School of Computer Science, FEIT, University of Technology Sydney, Ultimo, NSW 2007, Australia
Igor Hawryszkiewycz: The School of Computer Science, FEIT, University of Technology Sydney, Ultimo, NSW 2007, Australia
Osama Sohaib: The School of Business, American University of Ras Al Khaimah, Ras Al Khaimah 72603, United Arab Emirates

Sustainability, 2023, vol. 15, issue 11, 1-16

Abstract: This research explores how the cloud’s technological capability helps small and medium enterprises (SMEs) adapt to challenging business environments, providing long-term sustainability and strategic agility. The article uses a theoretical and quantitative empirical approach, known as the positivist research paradigm, in offering a unique capability called dynamic cloud capability that leverages the cloud’s technological capabilities. Based on the quantitative analysis of 222 Australian Information and Communication Technology (ICT) SMEs, dynamic cloud capability favourably improves the flexible allocation of resources (resource fluidity) and the ability to adapt business models (strategic agility). Additionally, because of the successful mediating effect of resource fluidity, it is inferred that dynamic cloud capability allows for the flexible allocation of resources leading to improved strategic agility. Hence, adopting dynamic cloud capability in an organisation’s strategy would be particularly appealing to ICT SMEs as it has been verified to enhance adaptability to a challenging business environment and flexible allocation of resources.

Keywords: dynamic cloud capability; strategic agility; resource fluidity; organisational capabilities; cloud computing; sustainability; SMEs (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: O13 Q Q0 Q2 Q3 Q5 Q56 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2023
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