Title: Investigation model of sensing, seizing and reconfiguring capabilities

Authors: Vânia Patrício; Renato Lopes da Costa; Henrique Carvalho; Leandro Pereira; Álvaro Dias; Rui Gonçalves

Addresses: ISCTE – Instituto Universitário de Lisboa, WINNING Lab, Lisbon, Portugal ' Business Research Unit – BRU-IUL, ISCTE – Instituto Universitário de Lisboa, Lisbon, Portugal ' ISCTE – Instituto Universitário de Lisboa, Lisbon, Portugal ' BRU-Business Research Unit, ISCTE – Instituto Universitário de Lisboa, WINNING LAB, Lisbon, Portugal ' Universidade Lusófona de Humanidades e Tecnologias, ISCTE – Instituto Universitário de Lisboa, Lisbon, Portugal ' LABest – Instituto Piaget de Almada, Avenida Jorge Peixinho, No. 30, Quinta da Arreinela 2805-059 Almada, Portugal

Abstract: The dynamic capabilities view came to life as an enhancement of the resource based-view (RBV) and became the most prolific research stream of the resource-based approaches, with most critics pinpointing definitional issues, contradictory interpretations, and tautological assumptions as issues to solve before the view could become a theory. This research lays its foundations in the creation of a model which has the fundamental constructs of sensing, seizing and reconfiguring capabilities complemented by exploration and exploitation concepts of organisational ambidexterity constructs. To assess the applicability of this model a qualitative approach method is used by applying 21 semi-structured interviews in Portugal. The outcome of these interviews presented a set of capabilities that companies should attempt to properly sense, seize and reconfigure to develop dynamic capabilities. The main contribution to the field of strategy is a proposal of an investigation model that suggests a link between the two constructs of sensing/seizing, and exploration/exploitation.

Keywords: resource-based approach; dynamic capabilities; organisational ambidexterity; sensing seizing and reconfiguring.

DOI: 10.1504/IJVCM.2022.127846

International Journal of Value Chain Management, 2022 Vol.13 No.4, pp.395 - 421

Received: 02 Aug 2021
Accepted: 08 Nov 2021
Published online: 19 Dec 2022 *

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