Alliances as Dynamic Capability to Support Organizational Transformation: Empirical Findings from a State-Owned Enterprise

Priyono Anjar (), Dewi Elisabeth Ingga () and Lim Sarina Abdul Halim ()
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Priyono Anjar: Universitas Islam Indonesia, Department of Management, Indonesia
Dewi Elisabeth Ingga: Universitas Islam Indonesia, Department of Management, Indonesia
Lim Sarina Abdul Halim: Universiti Putra Malaysia, Department of Food Technology, Malaysia

Foundations of Management, 2019, vol. 11, issue 1, 93-102

Abstract: State-owned companies are typically trapped in a bureaucratic system that means they experience difficulties undertaking changes and adapting to environmental changes. Whenever these companies attempt a strategic maneuver, a series of complex bureaucratic procedures must be followed. As a result, the companies are late in responding to environmental changes. This study discusses how the state-owned companies transform their organization with the support of dynamic capabilities. XT Square, a company owned by the local government in Indonesia, is used as the subject of analysis. XT Square is engaged in property. During the course of its organizational transformation, the company found it difficult to fit with customers’ needs because of the difficulties in understanding market conditions. The company then established alliances with other firms to overcome resource shortages. The results of the analysis demonstrate that the process of building these alliances was not linear; rather, it was iterative in nature. At a certain level, XT Square is required to undertake trial and error. At the end of the paper, a suggestion for further research is provided.

Keywords: alliance; dynamic capabilities; collaboration; organizational transformation; knowledge management (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2019
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DOI: 10.2478/fman-2019-0008

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