This contribution aims at extending Pavitt's view of a strategic vision of the firm that captures the idea that moving from technology to market requires an understanding of "competence" and "practice". Keith Pavitt's (1998), following Nelson (1994) distinguished two complementary elements in firms' specific knowledge: A "body of understanding" based on competences in specific technological fields, and a "body of practice", consisting largely of organizational knowledge that links a body of understanding with a commercial successful artefact. Following the strategic-management approaches of the firm, we extend Pavitt's vision and posit that the division of knowledge (which distributes interpretative capabilities between actors) tends to pre...
Within the academic debate attempts have been made at combining the resource based view and the acti...
Two research questions are addressed in this article. First, does technological competence enhance f...
The issue of vertical firm boundaries continues to attract interest both for economics and managemen...
The recent decade has witnessed a strong expansion of work on the firm, both from a capabilities per...
Abstract The coexistence of firms of noticeably different nature, size and competitiveness is a...
This essay explores evolutionary and competence-based theories of the firm. Evolutionary theories ca...
The aim of this paper is to investigate the relation between the learning processes of firms and the...
This article discusses the relationships between competences and strategies in firms. The competence...
L'objectif de cet article est de situer la problématique des compétences au sein des théoriesde la f...
Exploiting the potential and tackling the problems of resource-based and competence-based research, ...
On the basis of the recent concepts of epistemic communities and communities of practice, we show th...
The aim of the paper is to point out some investigation lines which might result useful in building-...
The R&D function of the firm is thought of as a \u27black box\u27 process by scholars in both econom...
ABSTRACT - The purpose of this paper is to discuss the conditions under which capability, transact...
This paper contributes to the understanding of the importance of dynamic firm capabilities for corpo...
Within the academic debate attempts have been made at combining the resource based view and the acti...
Two research questions are addressed in this article. First, does technological competence enhance f...
The issue of vertical firm boundaries continues to attract interest both for economics and managemen...
The recent decade has witnessed a strong expansion of work on the firm, both from a capabilities per...
Abstract The coexistence of firms of noticeably different nature, size and competitiveness is a...
This essay explores evolutionary and competence-based theories of the firm. Evolutionary theories ca...
The aim of this paper is to investigate the relation between the learning processes of firms and the...
This article discusses the relationships between competences and strategies in firms. The competence...
L'objectif de cet article est de situer la problématique des compétences au sein des théoriesde la f...
Exploiting the potential and tackling the problems of resource-based and competence-based research, ...
On the basis of the recent concepts of epistemic communities and communities of practice, we show th...
The aim of the paper is to point out some investigation lines which might result useful in building-...
The R&D function of the firm is thought of as a \u27black box\u27 process by scholars in both econom...
ABSTRACT - The purpose of this paper is to discuss the conditions under which capability, transact...
This paper contributes to the understanding of the importance of dynamic firm capabilities for corpo...
Within the academic debate attempts have been made at combining the resource based view and the acti...
Two research questions are addressed in this article. First, does technological competence enhance f...
The issue of vertical firm boundaries continues to attract interest both for economics and managemen...