The effect of project management dynamic capabilities on firm performance

Purpose The purpose of the paper is to shed light on the output of project management (PM) dynamic capabilities Specifically, the study investigates what effect PM dynamic capabilities have on company performance, both directly and indirectly, through the mediation effect of project and portfolio pe...

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Autores: Hermano Rebolledo, Víctor, Martín Cruz, Teresa Natalia, Pajares Gutiérrez, Javier
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Estado:Versión enviada para evaluación y publicación
Fecha de publicación:2022
País:España
Institución:Universidad de Valladolid
Repositorio:UVaDOC. Repositorio Documental de la Universidad de Valladolid
OAI Identifier:oai:uvadoc.uva.es:10324/73041
Acceso en línea:https://doi.org/10.1108/BJM-06-2021-0218
https://uvadoc.uva.es/handle/10324/73041
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:Program management
Portfolio management
Poject-based learning
Organizational performance
Operational capabilities
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Sumario:Purpose The purpose of the paper is to shed light on the output of project management (PM) dynamic capabilities Specifically, the study investigates what effect PM dynamic capabilities have on company performance, both directly and indirectly, through the mediation effect of project and portfolio performance. Additionally, it tests whether program performance might also mediate the relationship. Design/methodology/approach The hypotheses were tested using partial least squares with a sample of 63 international firms that engage in projects globally. Findings The main finding of this research is that PM dynamic capabilities do not influence firm performance directly but do so indirectly by increasing firms' performance in projects, programs and portfolios. Both project and portfolio performance have a mediation effect on the relationship between dynamic capabilities and firm performance, but portfolio performance absorbs all this effect when the two performances are in the model. Originality/value This paper sheds light on the link between dynamic capabilities and firm performance. It tests the real outcome of dynamic capabilities by making an explicit distinction between firm performance at three intermediate levels (project, program and portfolio) and overall firm performance. Moreover, it opens the black box of dynamic capabilities and empirically operationalizes the theoretical model of sensing-seizing-transforming as the three constituting routines of dynamic capabilities.