Model of dynamic capabilities in knowledge-based companies in the gas refining industry

Haghighi, Mehdi; Hashemi, Somayeh; Khasheie, Vahid; Khalilnejad, Shahram

doi:10.22050/pbr.2024.473335.1347

Model of dynamic capabilities in knowledge-based companies in the gas refining industry

Document Type : Original Article

Authors

Mehdi Haghighi ¹

somayeh Hashemi ²

Vahid Khasheie ¹

Shahram Khalilnejad ¹

¹ Associate Professor, Department of Business Management, Faculty of Management and Accounting, Allameh Tabatabai University, Tehran, Iran

² Ph.D. Student, Faculty of Management and Accounting, Allameh Tabatabai University, Tehran, Iran

https://doi.org/10.22050/pbr.2024.473335.1347

Abstract

Dynamic capabilities refer to an organization's capacity to purposefully create, expand, or change its resource base. In all countries of the world, the gas industry of each country plays an important role in its economy and growth. And we are in an era where rapid global changes and technological innovations occur, and gas refineries are not unaffected by these changes. The objective of this research is to identify dynamic capabilities within knowledge-based companies in the gas refining industry. This study employs a mixed-methods approach to develop a model of dynamic capabilities specific to knowledge-based gas refining enterprises. By analyzing 54 articles through a meta-synthesis method and conducting semi-structured interviews with 12 experts in this field, the components of dynamic capabilities were identified through thematic analysis. Following this, the factors were evaluated using confirmatory factor analysis, and a questionnaire was distributed to specialists, with all components being validated in the initial phase. To develop the final model, the research utilized structural interpretive modeling (ISM), and the corresponding questionnaire was completed by 15 managers of knowledge-based companies in Tehran

Highlights

The purpose of the current research was to provide a model of dynamic capabilities in knowledge-based companies in the gas refining industry;
All of their activities are research and development in the field of new, developable, and advanced technologies, which ultimately help the growth and development of the knowledge-based economy in the country;
Considering the increasing importance and number of knowledge-based organizations in the country day by day and the complex, competitive, and unpredictable environment, the need for these types of organizations has become more prominent; the view of dynamic capabilities is one of the important ideas in this context.

Keywords

Structural-interpretive Modeling (ISM)

Knowledge-based Companies

Dynamic Capabilities Approach

Theme Analysis Approach

Subjects

Oil and Gas Economics and Management

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