The relationships between IT resources and dynamic capabilities: Evidence from Sudanese insurance and banking sectors

Abstract

Adaptation capabilities as a dynamic capability are essential for an organization to be adapted with the external environment, which can lead to creating a strategic advantage, knowing how these capabilities are created to help the organization to build its competitive strategies. IT resources as one of organizational resources has the ability to configure dynamic capabilities due to its evolution nature. Previous studies based on RBV and DCA investigate the relationship between IT resources and one IT dynamic capabilities. this study is aimed to investigate the relationship between IT resources by using comprehensive topography of IT resources, (core communication technology, group collaboration technology, and enterprise computing technology) and some dynamic adaptive capabilities (innovation, flexibility, and strategic capability) from the perspective of both managers and employees. Data were collected from 83 IT employees and 143 managers involved in both the banking and insurance sectors in Sudan. The questionnaire was used to collect data. Statics such as reliability and factor analysis were conducted to ensure data goodness. Partial least squares techniques (PLS) is used to test the relationships between variables. The results of the study show how IT resources affect dynamic capabilities.