Dynamic capabilities in a turbulent market environment: empirical evidence from international retailers in China

Dynamic capabilities, understood as the ability to renew a firm's competences, enable a firm to attain competitive advantage over time, and successful performance in a turbulent environment. The present research explored the dynamic capabilities of international retailers in China from a ground...

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Published inJournal of strategic marketing Vol. 19; no. 5; pp. 455 - 469
Main Author Cao, Lanlan
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published London Taylor & Francis Group 01.08.2011
Taylor & Francis Ltd
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Business administration
China
Corporate histories
domain_shs.gestion.mark
dynamic capabilities
Globalization
grounded theory
Humanities and Social Sciences
Management theory
retail internationalization
Retailing industry
Strategic management
Studies
turbulence
China
Turbulence
China
Retail Internationalization
Grounded Theory
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Summary:Dynamic capabilities, understood as the ability to renew a firm's competences, enable a firm to attain competitive advantage over time, and successful performance in a turbulent environment. The present research explored the dynamic capabilities of international retailers in China from a grounded theory perspective. In-depth interviews with top managers identified 11 dimensions of dynamic capabilities. Their specificities in the field of retail internationalization, and the implications for how to build and classify dynamic capabilities for international retailers through the firm's strategic activities in the host country, are discussed.
ISSN:0965-254X
1466-4488
DOI:10.1080/0965254X.2011.565883