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Dynamic Capabilities Scale

Dynamic Capabilities (DC) represent an organization's capacity to sense new opportunities and threats, seize those opportunities through strategic investments and organizational changes, and reconfigure assets and organizational structures to adapt to shifting competitive environments. Teece (2007) articulated this framework in the Strategic Management Journal, arguing that dynamic capabilities—not static resources—explain sustained competitive advantage in turbulent, knowledge-intensive markets. This scale operationalizes the three core processes underlying DC: sensing market and technology changes, making swift strategic decisions, and reorganizing the firm to exploit new opportunities.

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Sources

  1. Teece, D. J. (2007). Explicating dynamic capabilities: The nature and microfoundations of (sustainable) enterprise performance. Strategic Management Journal, 28(13), 1319–1350. DOI: 10.1002/smj.640
  2. Helfat, C. E., & Peteraf, M. A. (2009). Understanding dynamic capabilities: Progress towards a synthesis. Strategic Management Journal, 30(10), 991–1005. DOI: 10.1002/smj.815
  3. Barreto, I. (2010). Dynamic capabilities: A review of past research and an agenda for the future. Journal of Management, 36(1), 256–280. DOI: 10.1177/0149206309350776

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ScholarGateDynamic Capabilities Scale (Dynamic Capabilities Measurement Scale). Retrieved 2026-06-04 from https://scholargate.app/en/strategic-management/dynamic-capabilities-scale