Explaining the success of UAE companies globally: the benefits of possessing a ‘can-do’ culture

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dc.contributor.authorWilkins, Stephen
dc.contributor.authorEmik, Serap
dc.date.accessioned2023-05-09T11:46:52Z
dc.date.available2023-05-09T11:46:52Z
dc.date.issued2021
dc.description.abstractIn numerous markets, companies from the United Arab Emirates (UAE) are among the global market leaders, and are therefore arguably ‘punching well above their weight’. This research aims to uncover some of the key factors that explain the success of UAE multinational companies. The study adopted an inductive, exploratory qualitative research methodology involving interviews with elite informants who held positions at, or near, the top of their organisational hierarchies. An iterative process of thematic analysis led to the conclusion that UAE firms tend to possess a can-do culture. Although some firms have previously been described as having a can-do culture, researchers have not attempted to identify the underlying components of this culture. We conceptualise a can-do culture as a bundle of firm attributes that together generate firm competitive advantages. The five dimensions of a can-do culture are transformational leadership, market and entrepreneurial orientations, support for innovation, and possession of dynamic capabilities.en_US
dc.identifier.citationWilkins, S., & Emik, S. (2021), Explaining the success of UAE companies globally: the benefits of possessing a ‘can-do’ culture. Middle East Journal of Management, 8(4), 319-343.en_US
dc.identifier.issn2050-3644
dc.identifier.urihttps://bspace.buid.ac.ae/handle/1234/2261
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.publisherInderscience
dc.relation.ispartofMiddle East Journal of Management
dc.relation.urihttps://doi.org/10.1504/MEJM.2021.116442
dc.subjectinstitutional environmenten_US
dc.subjectstate-owned enterprisesen_US
dc.subjectentrepreneurial orientationen_US
dc.subjectinnovationen_US
dc.subjecttransformational leadershipen_US
dc.subjectdynamic capabilitiesen_US
dc.titleExplaining the success of UAE companies globally: the benefits of possessing a ‘can-do’ cultureen_US
dc.typeArticleen_US
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