RT info:eu-repo/semantics/article T1 The effect of project management dynamic capabilities on firm performance A1 Hermano, VĂ­ctor A1 Martin-Cruz, Natalia A1 Pajares, Javier AB PurposeThe purpose of the paper is to shed light on the output of project management (PM) dynamic capabilities Specifically, the study investigates what effect PM dynamic capabilities have on company performance, both directly and indirectly, through the mediation effect of project and portfolio performance. Additionally, it tests whether program performance might also mediate the relationship.Design/methodology/approachThe hypotheses were tested using partial least squares with a sample of 63 international firms that engage in projects globally.FindingsThe main finding of this research is that PM dynamic capabilities do not influence firm performance directly but do so indirectly by increasing firms' performance in projects, programs and portfolios. Both project and portfolio performance have a mediation effect on the relationship between dynamic capabilities and firm performance, but portfolio performance absorbs all this effect when the two performances are in the model.Originality/valueThis paper sheds light on the link between dynamic capabilities and firm performance. It tests the real outcome of dynamic capabilities by making an explicit distinction between firm performance at three intermediate levels (project, program and portfolio) and overall firm performance. Moreover, it opens the black box of dynamic capabilities and empirically operationalizes the theoretical model of sensing-seizing-transforming as the three constituting routines of dynamic capabilities. PB Emerald SN 1746-5265 YR 2022 FD 2022 LK https://uvadoc.uva.es/handle/10324/73041 UL https://uvadoc.uva.es/handle/10324/73041 LA spa NO Baltic Journal of Management, Vol. 17 No. 2. DS UVaDOC RD 08-ene-2025