Impact of Dynamic Capabilities on Performance in Dairy Sheep Farms in Spain
Abstract
:1. Introduction
2. Materials and Methods
2.1. Sample Collected and Indicators
2.2. Selection and Assignment of Dynamic Capabilities (DC) Indicators
2.3. Hypotheses
2.4. Statistical Analyses
3. Results
3.1. Dynamic Capabilities Model
3.2. Hypotheses Assessment
4. Discussion
5. Conclusions
Supplementary Materials
Author Contributions
Funding
Acknowledgments
Conflicts of Interest
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Index | Dynamic Capabilities | Economic Sustainability | ||
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(Absorp) | (Integ) | (Innov) | (Profit) | |
Average variance extracted (AVE) | 0.6912 | 0.7691 | 0.8178 | 0.8654 |
Cronbach’s alpha | 0.5558 | 0.8476 | 0.7799 | 0.8478 |
Dillon–Goldstein’s rho | 0.8183 | 0.9087 | 0.9009 | 0.9293 |
1st eigenvalue | 1.3849 | 2.3074 | 1.6393 | 1.7357 |
2nd eigenvalue | 0.6151 | 0.5136 | 0.3607 | 0.2643 |
R2 | 0.0000 | 0.2177 | 0.6394 | 0.2505 |
Communality | 0.6912 | 0.7691 | 0.8178 | 0.8654 |
Redundancy | 0.0000 | 0.1674 | 0.5229 | 0.2168 |
Structural Model | Bootstrap Path Coefficients | |||||
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Estimate | Std. Error | p-Value | Mean | Perc (0.025) | Perc (0.0975) | |
H1: absorp→ integ | 0.4666 | 0.0894 | 0.0000 | 0.4730 | 0.3268 | 0.6153 |
H2: integ → innov | 0.7996 | 0.0607 | 0.0000 | 0.8030 | 0.7173 | 0.8774 |
H3: absorp→ profit | 0.2927 | 0.0100 | 0.0043 | 0.3009 | 0.0896 | 0.4830 |
H4: integ → profit | 0.3328 | 0.1556 | 0.0345 | 0.3268 | 0.0930 | 0.6344 |
H5: innov → profit | −0.0537 | 0.1472 | 0.7163 | −0.0450 | −0.3263 | 0.1727 |
Relationships | Effects | ||
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Direct | Indirect | Total | |
Absorp → integ | 0.4666 | 0.0000 | 0.4666 |
Absorp → innov | 0.0000 | 0.3731 | 0.3731 |
Absorp → profit | 0.2927 | 0.1352 | 0.4280 |
Integ → innov | 0.7996 | 0.0000 | 0.7996 |
Integ → profit | 0.3328 | −0.0429 | 0.2899 |
Innov → profit | −0.0537 | 0.0000 | −0.0537 |
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Bastanchury-López, M.T.; De-Pablos-Heredero, C.; Montes-Botella, J.L.; Martín-Romo-Romero, S.; García, A. Impact of Dynamic Capabilities on Performance in Dairy Sheep Farms in Spain. Sustainability 2020, 12, 3368. https://doi.org/10.3390/su12083368
Bastanchury-López MT, De-Pablos-Heredero C, Montes-Botella JL, Martín-Romo-Romero S, García A. Impact of Dynamic Capabilities on Performance in Dairy Sheep Farms in Spain. Sustainability. 2020; 12(8):3368. https://doi.org/10.3390/su12083368
Chicago/Turabian StyleBastanchury-López, María Teresa, Carmen De-Pablos-Heredero, Jose Luis Montes-Botella, Santiago Martín-Romo-Romero, and Antón García. 2020. "Impact of Dynamic Capabilities on Performance in Dairy Sheep Farms in Spain" Sustainability 12, no. 8: 3368. https://doi.org/10.3390/su12083368