A text mining-based review of the literature on dynamic capabilities perspective in information systems research
ISSN: 2040-8269
Article publication date: 6 August 2020
Issue publication date: 2 March 2021
Abstract
Purpose
While the dynamic capabilities perspective is the most cited strategic theory in the information systems field of research, little effort has been made to review and integrate the associate literature of this perspective in the field. Accordingly, this paper aims to systematically analyze the information systems literature on dynamic capabilities and provide a holistic understanding of the topical composition and trend of dynamic capabilities studies in information systems research.
Design/methodology/approach
Using latent Dirichlet allocation as the text analysis algorithm, the author conducted a topic modeling of the dynamic capabilities corpus in the information systems field of research to quantitatively review, summarize and classify the prior literature. The review covered 191 articles published on dynamic capabilities between 1998 and 2018 in pioneering information systems journals and conference proceedings.
Findings
In accordance with the topic modeling results, the topical composition of the dynamic capabilities corpus in information systems research dominantly includes seven themes titled T1. Information systems value, T2. Information systems change, T3. Digitalization, T4. Information systems agility, T5. Big data, T6. Information systems innovation and T7. Information systems alignment. Also, the overall and topical trend of dynamic capabilities studies in the information systems field of research were revealed. The trends indicated that the investigated domain and its prominent sub-domains have generally had positive productivity over the past years.
Originality/value
The current study contributes to the domain by developing knowledge and improving literature on dynamic capabilities in information systems research, discovering the main topics of interest for information systems researchers to deploying the dynamic capabilities perspective in their studies, and prioritizing the future information systems research on dynamic capabilities based on the identified trends of topics.
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Acknowledgements
I would like to express my special thanks of gratitude to the associate editor and the anonymous reviewers who gave me a precious opportunity to improve my study based on their constructive comments.
Citation
Talafidaryani, M. (2021), "A text mining-based review of the literature on dynamic capabilities perspective in information systems research", Management Research Review, Vol. 44 No. 2, pp. 236-267. https://doi.org/10.1108/MRR-03-2020-0139
Publisher
:Emerald Publishing Limited
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