Understanding and conceptualizing CEOs’ integration collaborative competencies (CEOs’ ICCs) for startups in Canada and Saudi Arabia
department or school: Management, Faculty of (Okanagan)
data provider: DSpace
degree campus: UBCO
creator: Alrebdi, Suad
issued: 2022-04-29T15:28:50Z
issued: 2022
related degree: Doctor of Philosophy - PhD
degree grantor: University of British Columbia
description: CEOs play a major role in startups’ operations and development processes and are sometimes instrumental for startup survival. Accordingly, the strategic management literature proposes human capability as a source of competitive advantage. This dissertation explores the startup CEOs’ integration collaborative competencies (CEOs’ ICCs). Newly developed measures for the internal and external competencies were developed and resulted in findings of differential CEOs’ perceptions of firm performance and ability to survive. Based on the dynamic capabilities framework, the research link individual CEO social dynamic capability with the ICCs to explore startup-specific capabilities. Three modes of startup dynamic capabilities emerged from analyses of seven startup cases. Specifically, the traditional collaborative CEOs’ ICCs mode was shown to build business relations with external partners, reduce cost, and improve value. The competitive integration mode was associated with integrative processes that improved the effectiveness of internal capabilities. Finally, the ambidexterity mode was associated with the effectiveness of external collaboration and the integration of internal competencies. The findings indicate the three ICCs modes develop dynamic capabilities differently in startups based on the diversity of CEOs’ ICCs and organizational processes, while providing a greater balance among these CEOs’ ICCs both internally and externally. In other words, what CEOs do is just as important as who they are (personality traits and personal values) when it comes to performance and startup survival.
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note: UNDERSTANDING AND CONCEPTUALIZING CEOs’ INTEGRATION COLLABORATIVE COMPETENCIES (CEOs’ ICCs) FOR STARTUPS IN CANADA AND SAUDI ARABIA by Suad Alrebdi MBA, Qassim University, 2008 A THESIS SUBMITTED IN PARTIAL FULFILLMENT OF THE REQUIREMENTS FOR THE DEGREE OF DOCTOR OF PHILOSOPHY in THE COLLEGE OF GRADUATE STUDIES (Interdisciplinary Studies) THE UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA (Okanagan) April 2022 © Suad Alrebdi, 2022 ii The following individuals certify that they have read, and recommend to the College of Graduate Studies for acceptance, a thesis/dissertation entitled: Understanding and Conceptualizing CEOs’ Integration Collaborative Competencies (CEOs’ ICCs) for Startups in Canada and Saudi Arabia submitted by Suad Alrebdi in partial fulfillment of the requirements of the degree of Doctor of philosophy Dr. Barb Marcolin, Faculty of Management Supervisor Dr. Eric Li, Faculty of Management Supervisory Committee Member Dr. Arjun Bhardwaj, Faculty of Management Supervisory Committee Member Dr. John Graham, School of Social Work University Examiner Dr. Bruce Martin, Thompson Rivers University External Examiner Additional Committee Members include: Dr. Andrew Gemino, Beedie School of Business, Simon Fraser University Supervisory Committee Member iii Abstract CEOs play a major role in startups’ operations and development processes and are sometimes instrumental for startup survival. Accordingly, the strategic management literature proposes human capability as a source of competitive advantage. This dissertation explores the startup CEOs’ integration collaborative competencies (CEOs’ ICCs). Newly developed measures for the internal and external competencies were developed and resulted in findings of differential CEOs’ perceptions of firm performance and ability to survive. Based on the dynamic capabilities framework, the research link individual CEO social dynamic capability with the ICCs to explore startup-specific capabilities. Three modes of startup dynamic capabilities e…
has type: Thesis/Dissertation
date issued: 2022-05
is shown at: 10.14288/1.0413166
language: eng
degree discipline: Interdisciplinary Studies
provider: Vancouver : University of British Columbia Library
publisher: University of British Columbia
rights: Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International
rights URI: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/
scholar level: Graduate
contributor: Marcolin, Barbara L.
type: Text
identifier URI: http://hdl.handle.net/2429/81427