Toward a dynamic capabilities scale: measuring organizational sensing, seizing, and transforming capacities

Barbara Kump, Alexander Engelmann, Alexander Kessler and Christina Schweiger

Industrial and Corporate Change, 2019, vol. 28, issue 5, 1149-1172

Abstract: To date, no standard scale exists for measuring dynamic capabilities. This limits the comparability of empirical findings and impairs data-based theory development. This article presents the development of a 14-item scale based on Teece’s (2007, Strategic Management Journal, 28, 1319–1350) well-established dynamic capability framework, assessing sensing, seizing, and transforming capacities. It describes the rigorous empirical scale development procedure comprising the steps of (i) item generation, (ii) scale purification (n = 269), and (iii) scale confirmation (n = 307). The scale shows high reliability and validity and is a solid predictor of business and innovation performance.

Keywords: O31; C83 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2019
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