Temporality of projects in creating efficiency of dynamic capabilities: Effects of temporariness on innovative capacity and strategic flexibility in Iraqi contracting companies.

haidar albovahi¹ masoome arabshahi²

1) master
2) Faculty member

IOI Code : XEBK-HCGHH
Publication : 6th International Congress of Developing Agriculture, Natural Resources, Environment and Tourism of Iran(6icsda.ir)
Abstract :
    Flexibility is considered as a competitive capability for the company and enables the acceptance of unforeseen conditions and rapid changes in the environment. Today s competitive environment has created a lot of interest towards the topics of dynamic capabilities and production flexibility, but despite recognizing the potential benefits of these two concepts, executive activists and researchers do not have a proper understanding of the connections between them. The purpose of this research was to investigate the temporary nature of projects in creating the efficiency of dynamic capabilities, the effects of temporary nature on innovative capacity and strategic flexibility in Iraqi contracting companies. This research has been carried out with a practical purpose and in a descriptive-survey way. The statistical population of the research is all the managers of contracting companies in Iraq, which are currently working in 426 companies, and 200 people from the total number of the population were selected as a sample using the available sampling method and using Cochran s formula. In this research, the questionnaire of Spanov et al. (2020) was used to collect information. In order to measure face validity according to experts, convergent and divergent validity and factor analysis have been used. Cronbach s alpha and composite reliability were used to measure reliability. Inferential statistical methods included partial least squares method. Data analysis was done using SmartPLS statistical software. The results showed that the temporary nature of the project has a significant effect on innovative capacities and strategic flexibility. The impact of strategic flexibility on innovative capacity has also been reported to be significant. The effectiveness of dynamic capabilities moderates the effect of project temporality on innovative capacity and strategic flexibility

Keywords : project temporality dynamic capabilities innovative capacity strategic flexibility