Achieving Dynamic Capability Through Collaborative ICT Infrastructure: A Strategic Driver for SMEs in Emerging Economies

Shahriar Sajib () and Renu Agarwal ()
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Shahriar Sajib: University of Technology, Sydney
Renu Agarwal: University of Technology, Sydney

A chapter in Driving the Economy through Innovation and Entrepreneurship, 2013, pp 137-148 from Springer

Abstract: Abstract Increasingly, small and medium enterprise firms (SMEs) in emerging economies are partnering with large multinational firms within a ‘service value network (SVN)’. Moreover, these firms are short of resources such as human capital, financial capital and know-how, which are essential for innovation, development of new technologies and maintaining sustainable competitive advantage. This chapter draws on existing constructs on collaborative organisational infrastructure (COI), collaborative architecture management (CAM) and information technology infrastructure flexibility (ITIF) from extant literature to demonstrate the importance of governance, leadership, information and communication technologies (ICT) infrastructure and business IT infrastructure flexibility in achieving effective collaborative entrepreneurial alertness (CEA). In particular, this chapter theoretically postulates the flow-on effects of partnering in an SVN fostering entrepreneurial alertness (EA) capability on individual SME firms’ capability.

Keywords: Dynamic Capabilities; Flexible Information Technology Infrastructure (ITIF); Service Value Networks (SVN); Entrepreneurial Alertness (EA); Collaborative Entrepreneurship (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2013
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DOI: 10.1007/978-81-322-0746-7_12

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