Abstract
This paper investigates the inter-relationship among entrepreneurship, dynamic
capabilities and innovation. Entrepreneur\'s foresights and insights of ICT (Information
and Communication Technologies) tend to affect their choices of resources and
development of dynamic capabilities, leading to different results of innovation. Based
on the literature of business innovation and dynamic capabilities, this paper provides a
model addressing the links between leadership, with insights and foresights for
technology exploration and exploitation, and organizational capabilities of resource
integration, learning and transformation to accelerate innovation. A comparative
analysis of the two textile manufacturers in Pakistan revealed a cyclical process between
the leadership decisions and dynamic capabilities of leveraging ICT for sustained
competitiveness in these two SMEs (Small and Medium Sized Enterprises). The result
suggests that to build strong capabilities for continuous innovation in today\'s dynamic
business environment, firms need to have leadership with both the attitude and behavior
of entrepreneurship, combining the foresight to capture opportunities through ICT
and the insight to guide and manage internal resources to achieve ICT-enabled
innovation.
Citation
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177245
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abro2011mehrandynamic