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Environmental Dynamism, Digitalization, and Digital Capability: Explaining Small Firms Performance in Ecuador
College of Business Administration, Universidad San Francisco de Quito, USFQ, Quito, Ecuador.ORCID iD: 0000-0003-3298-1205
University of Skövde, School of Business. University of Skövde, Organising for Sustainable Development Research Environment. (Knowledge, Innovation and Marketing (KIM))ORCID iD: 0000-0003-2703-5388
2025 (English)In: Estudios Gerenciales, ISSN 0123-5923, Vol. 41, no 176, p. 337-348Article in journal (Refereed) Published
Abstract [en]

Despite growing interest in digital transformation among small and medium-sized enterprises, understanding how they use digital technologies to enhance competitiveness, partic-ularly in emerging markets, is still limited. Grounded in the resource-based view, resource orchestration theory, and digital transformation literature, this study explores how environ-mental dynamism influences firm performance, focusing on the mediating role of digitaliza-tion and digital capability in Ecuadorian companies. To test our hypotheses, we used structural equation modeling with survey data from 109 managers. Our findings indicate that digitalization and digital capability mediate the relationship between environmental dyna-mism and performance, emphasizing the need to integrate technological and managerial dimensions to face digital transformation. This topic is relevant because small firms face greater challenges for technological adoption.

Abstract [es]

A pesar del creciente interés en la transformación digital entre las pequeñas y medianas empresas, aún no se entiende bien cómo utilizan las tecnologías digitales para mejorar la competitividad, particularmente en los mercados emergentes. Desde el punto de vista de los recursos, la teoría de la orquestación de recursos y la literatura sobre transformación digital, este estudio explora cómo el dinamismo ambiental influye en el desempeño de las empresas, centrándose en el papel mediador de la digitalización y la capacidad digital en las empresas ecuatorianas. Para probar nuestras hipótesis, utilizamos el modelado de ecuaciones estructurales con datos de encuestas de 109 gerentes. Nuestros hallazgos indican que la digitalización y la capacidad digital median la relación entre el dinamismo ambiental y el desempeño y enfatizan la necesidad de integrar las dimensiones tecnológicas y de gestión para enfrentar la transformación digital. Este tema es relevante porque las pequeñas empresas enfrentan mayores desafíos para la adopción tecnológica.

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Universidad Icesi , 2025. Vol. 41, no 176, p. 337-348
Keywords [en]
environmental dynamism, digitalization, digital capability, small and medium-sized enter-prises
Keywords [es]
dinamismo del entorno, digitalización, capacidad digital, pequeñas y medianas empresas
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Business Administration
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Knowledge and Innovation Management (KIM)
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URN: urn:nbn:se:his:diva-26159DOI: 10.18046/j.estger.2025.176.7392ISI: 001673796600005OAI: oai:DiVA.org:his-26159DiVA, id: diva2:2038290
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Dinamismo ambiental, digitalización y capacidad digital: explicación del desempeño de las pequeñas empresas en Ecuador

Corresponding author: Fabrizio Noboa, Full-time professor, College of Business Administration, Universidad San Francisco de Quito, USFQ, Quito, Ecuador. fnoboa@usfq.edu.ec

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