The Nature and Dynamics of Organizational Capabilities

Erscheinungsjahr 2001
ISBN: 978-0-19-924854-4
Verlag: OUP Oxford

Buch, Englisch, 404 Seiten, Format (B × H): 156 mm x 234 mm, Gewicht: 611 g

How do organizations develop, maintain, and advance their organizational capabilities and knowledge? What happens between intention and outcome? What are the processes, information flows, coordination, control, and communication systems involved? What is the influence of the institutional context upon the evolution of corporate competences?

The purpose of this book is to offer both theoretical analysis and detailed evidence from a number of studies at the levels of individual firms, sectors, and broader international patterns. These enable a richer understanding of the processes involved and highlight their contributions to business performance.

The book includes chapters from leading international researchers with detailed analyses of the auto, pharmaceutical, electronics, and financial services sectors. It presents novel theoretical insights into the relationships between organizational structures and organizational capabilities, the patterns of accumulation of technological knowledge, and the management of competence-building in changing markets.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Dosi, Giovanni

Nelson, Richard R.

Winter, Sidney

Fachgebiete

• Wirtschaftswissenschaften Betriebswirtschaft Bereichsspezifisches Management Außenhandel
• Wirtschaftswissenschaften Betriebswirtschaft Organisationstheorie, Organisationssoziologie, Organisationspsychologie
• Wirtschaftswissenschaften Volkswirtschaftslehre Internationale Wirtschaft Internationaler Handel

Inhaltsverzeichnis

- Introduction: The Nature and Dynamics of Organizational Capabilities

- Part I: Introduction to Part I. Organizational Capabilities

- 1.: Alessandro Narduzzo, Elena Rocco, Massimo Warglien: Talking about Routines in the Field

- 2.: Linda Argote, Eric Darr: Repositories of Knowledge in Franchise Organizations

- 3.: Gabriel Szulanski: Appropriability and the Challenge of Scope

- 4.: M. Thérèse Flaherty: Limited Enquiry and Intelligent Adaptation in Semiconductor Manufacturing

- Part II: Introduction to Part II. The Development of New Capabilities

- 5.: Gary P. Pisano: In Search of Dynamic Capabilities

- 6.: Rebecca Henderson, Iain Cockburn: Measuring Competence? Exploring Firm Effects in Drug Discovery

- 7.: Melissa M. Appleyard, Nile W. Hatch, David C. Mowery: Managing the Development and Transfer of Process Technologies in the Semiconductor Manufacturing Industry

- Part III: Introduction to Part III. The Evolution of Organizational Capabilities and their Social Roots

- 8.: Benjamin Coriat: The 'Abominable Ohno Production System'. Competences, Monitoring, and Routines in Japanese Production Systems

- 9.: Takahiro Fujimoto: Evolution of Manufacturing Systems and Ex-post Dynamic Capabilities

- 10.: Richard Florida, Martin Kenney: Transfer and Replication of Organizational Capabilities

- Part IV: Introduction to Part IV. Perspectives on Capabilities

- 11.: Pari Patel, Keith Pavitt: How Technological Competencies Help Define the Core of the Firm

- 12.: David J. Teece, Gary Pisano, Amy Shuen: Dynamic Capabilities and Strategic Management

- 13.: Daniel Levinthal: Organizational Capabilities in Complex Worlds

Über Autor(innen)

Giovanni Dosi is Professor at the Sant'Anna School of Advanced Studies, Pisa, Italy. In addition to writing numerous publications, he is co-editor of the journal Industrial and Corporate Change published by Oxford University Press.

Richard R. Nelson is Professor at the School of International and Public Affairs, Columbia University, New York, USA.

Sidney G. Winter is Professor at the Wharton School of Business, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, USA.