Hendrik Wilhelm

How Dynamic Capabilities Affect the Effectiveness and Efficiency of Operating Routines Under High and Low Levels of Environmental Dynamism

In analysing data on the purchasing routines of 200 small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs), this study underscores the overall importance of dynamic capabilities as a way to understand differences in operating-routine performance. The results suggest that dynamic capabilities have different performance effects in high-dynamic and low-dynamic environments. Dynamic capabilities enhance the effectiveness of operating routines under both high and low levels of environmental dynamism. Yet, when analysing the efficiency of operating routines, taking into account the costs of increased effectiveness, dynamic capabilities appear to pay off only under high levels of environmental dynamism.

Die Wirkung dynamischer Fähigkeiten auf die Effektivität und Effizienz operativer Prozesse

ZusammenfassungDie strategische Managementforschung sieht in dynamischen Fähigkeiten eine Möglichkeit für Unternehmen nachhaltige Wettbewerbsvorteile zu erlangen. Die vorliegende Studie befasst sich mit der konkreten Wirkungsweise dynamischer Fähigkeiten. Eine Erhebung in 200 deutschen Industrieunternehmen zeigt, dass dynamische Fähigkeiten Unternehmen dabei unterstützen, die Effektivität ihrer operativen Prozesse zu erhöhen. Darüber hinaus kann eine positive Wirkung von dynamischen Fähigkeiten auf die Prozesseffizienz nachgewiesen werden. Diese effizienzsteigernde Wirkung dynamischer Fähigkeiten ergibt sich vor allem durch die Optimierung und Flexibilisierung operativer Prozesse.AbstractExtant research in the field of strategic management highlights the role of dynamic capabilities for achieving sustained competitive advantage. In this study, we examine how dynamic capabilities impact economic performance. An empirical analysis of 200 German industrial enterprises indicates that dynamic capabilities help to enhance the effectiveness of operational processes. Furthermore, our results reveal a positive impact of dynamic capabilities on process efficiency. This efficiency enhancing effect of dynamic capabilities mainly results from the optimization and flexibilization of operational processes.

Extending Signaling Theory to Rhetorical Signals: Evidence from Crowdfunding

Firms often need to acquire external financial resources to maintain and develop their business. To attract these resources, firms employ various substantive and rhetorical signals, such as publish...

Team political skill and team performance

Purpose This paper examines the relation between team political skill, i.e., the mean level of political skill among team members, and team performance. Specifically, it proposes that the link between team political skill and team performance is ambiguous and contingent upon common professional background as well as collective team commitment within the team. Design/methodology/approach Data from 45 service teams with 295 team members and their supervisors were analyzed. Hypotheses were tested using OLS regression. Findings Results show that common professional background and collective team commitment serve as crucial contingencies for the relationship between team political skill and team performance. Research limitations/implications This study complements previous individual-level research demonstrating a positive relation between political skill and relevant outcomes by highlighting that the link between team political skill and team performance is ambiguous and contingent upon other team characteris...

Overcoming Creative Failure for Sustained Employee Creativity: The Relevance of Team Resources

Creative failure is inherent to the risky and uncertain nature of creative activity. This begs the question of how organizations may create a social environment that enables employees with failure ...