...Alexandre Anatolievich Bachkirov; Waheed Ali Umrani; Said Al Riyami; Subhan Shahid Purpose Drawing on signalling theory, this study aims to examine entrepreneurial bricolage, absorptive capacity (ACAP) and firm competitiveness as signals that boost small and medium-sized enterprises' ( SMEs...

..., the authors explore the relationships among O&G industry dynamics, organization's absorptive capacity and resource commitment for new digital technology adoption-implementation process. Design/methodology/approach The authors employed the empirical survey method to gather the data (a sample size...

...), taking absorptive capacity (AC) as mediating variable in this relationship. Design/methodology/approach Structural equations were used to test the research model with survey data from 112 firms located in an emerging country that is one of the digital transformation leaders in the region. Findings...

... IT capability Operational agility Absorptive capacity Multi-method approach Operations strategy refers to the strategic decisions and actions for operations that contribute to forming “a plan for developing resources and configuring processes such that the resulting competencies maximize the net...

... that integrates existing knowledge antecedents to address these gaps. Based on organizational learning theory and the dynamic capability view, the proposed model consolidates a firm's absorptive capacity (AC), learning ability in terms of exploration and exploitation and knowledge sharing (KS), and it examines...