Lack of transparency about conceptual and measurement choices in empirical studies on dynamic capabilities (DCs) amplifies difficulties scholars face on the road to conducting high-quality quantitative research. Building on the best practices of construct operationalization developed in the organizational research methods literature, we review 18 review studies on DCs research and conduct our own review of 185 quantitative studies published in 1994–2022 through the lens of an auxiliary theory development that formalizes and structures the process of translating a concept into a measurable construct. The present paper draws scholars’ attention to the importance of carefully choosing DCs measurement models as a consequential decision in DCs operationalization, which complements existing studies that either reviewed DCs conceptualizations or developed scales and measures of DCs. Besides providing scholars with an up-to-date map of quantitative research on DCs, our paper includes recommendations for consistent operationalization of DCs and identifies best operationalization practices in DCs quantitative research. Overall, the present paper advances DCs research by clarifying the construct of DCs, which is especially pertinent for future research in this area as it should strive towards robust advancement.

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动态能力测量之旅：路线图

动态能力（DC）实证研究中概念和测量选择缺乏透明度，加剧了学者在进行高质量定量研究的道路上面临的困难。基于组织研究方法文献中开发的构建操作化的最佳实践，我们回顾了 18 项关于 DC 研究的综述研究，并通过形式化和结构化的辅助理论发展的视角，对 1994 年至 2022 年发表的 185 项定量研究进行了自己的回顾将概念转化为可测量结构的过程。本文提请学者们注意仔细选择数据中心测量模型作为数据中心运营中的相应决策的重要性，这补充了回顾数据中心概念或开发数据中心量表和测量的现有研究。除了为学者提供 DC 定量研究的最新地图外，我们的论文还包括 DC 一致操作化的建议，并确定了 DC 定量研究的最佳操作化实践。总体而言，本文通过阐明 DC 的构造来推进 DC 的研究，这对于该领域的未来研究特别有意义，因为它应该努力取得强劲的进展。