Digital Capability and Sustainable Performance of Microenterprises: A Framework for Owner-Managers

This study explored the consequences of owner-managers' digital capability and entrepreneurial mindset on the sustainable performance of microenterprises. By creating evidence grounded in the micro foundational perspectives of dynamic capacity theory and ambidexterity theory, a conceptual framework was presented to explain how these variables interact. Conceptualizing owner-managers digital capacity as the ability to use digital tools that are relevant to their businesses after a comprehensive literature analysis and synthesis, the proposed framework offered direct and indirect channels, with the entrepreneurial mindset serving as a mediator between digital capability and sustainable performance. This study adds to the eld by offering a parsimonious model for future empirical testing and predictive analysis, while acknowledging the need for cross-context validation and the inclusion of diverse perspectives for a comprehensive understanding of the implications of digital capability in microenterprise sustainability.