Abstract:
Dynamic capabilities are an important, but complex concept that plays a significant role in entrepreneurship and strategy literature. In this paper, we offer a definition of dynamic capabilities and a model of how they are developed, and discuss its component constructs of entrepreneurial orientation, organisational learning, and ambidexterity. We also suggest that the microfoundations and antecedents of dynamic capabilities can be understood in the context of an organisation’s e-learning processes. Using Teece’s (2007) sensing, seizing and transforming framework we present a set of empirically testable propositions that suggest how an organisation’s e-learning processes might reflect and contribute to the development of dynamic capabilities. This article contributes to the literature by laying out a path for exploring an integrated learning process that may indicate the microfoundations of dynamic capabilities.