Browsing by Author "Sibindi, Ntandoyenkosi"

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    Digital transformation : The case of Cape Town based SMEs in the manufacturing sector
    (University of the Western Cape, 2024) Tyali, Alutha Thandolwethu; Sibindi, Ntandoyenkosi
    The era of digitisation is accelerating the pace of digital transformation in manufacturing SMEs. Research has demonstrated that various challenges originate from within and outside the SME business level such as, among many, company culture and strategy, business processes, financial resources, and government support continue to hinder the way manufacturing SMEs adopt digital transformation. The underpinning research problem is the understanding of how these challenges impact the digital transformation adoption in the established context with limited research to practically address them by jointly engaging scholarship and recent field data. Through the application of a multiple case study method, it is established that manufacturing SMEs in Cape town are digitally transforming. The study is qualitative in nature and used the interpretive methodology which allowed the researcher to apply the DREAMY model, capture the subjective SME experiences as outlined in the conceptual framework and aligns with the importance of the research through the determined research questions.
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    Dynamic managerial capabilities as antecedent of corporate entrepreneurship: A conceptual model
    (University of Western Cape, 2021) Sibindi, Ntandoyenkosi
    Current studies on Corporate Entrepreneurship (CE) present organisational boundaries, discretionary time, rewards/reinforcements, work discretion and management support as antecedents of CE. This ignores the fact that all these variables are a managerial function in organisations. Furthermore, considering these variables at the same predictor level as management support, has contributed to entrepreneurship coordination challenges for organisations. To address this predicament through the lens of dynamic capabilities, we submit a conceptual model that considers dynamic managerial capabilities as antecedents of CE.
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    Longevity of family- owned businesses in Uganda
    (University of the Western Cape, 2024) Munene, Bob Bonabo; Sibindi, Ntandoyenkosi
    Given the early demise of most family-owned firms, this study sought to investigate the factors that could explain their longevity in the Ugandan context where such evidence is glaringly lacking. By utilizing theories such as the leadership succession model, the Stewardship Theory, the Organizational Learning Theory, and the Resource-Based view theory a multi-theoretical model with factors that included succession planning, family involvement, organizational learning, and innovation capabilities was derived to explain family business longevity in the Ugandan context. The study adopted a cross-sectional survey research design that was quantitative where data from a sample of 241 family-owned firms was collected and analyzed. The data was collected using a structured questionnaire and the Structural Equation Model (SEM) was used to test factors that drive longevity in family-owned businesses. The results indicate that succession planning, organizational learning, and innovation capabilities positively influence family business longevity while family involvement has no significant influence on family business longevity in Uganda. The results further indicate that whereas innovation capabilities partially mediate the relationship between organizational learning and family business longevity, they fully mediate the relationship between family involvement and family business longevity. Thus, the study lends support to the Leadership Succession Model, Organization Learning Theory, and Resource-Based View theory in explaining family business longevity.