Organizational capabilities: dynamic in nature
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Drawing upon research findings of some authors, this paper is putting forwardsa novel definition of organizational capabilities pinpointing the nature, featuresand potential of this notion. This definition suggests an alternative to the difficultyto establish a typology of organizational capabilities. The two componentsmaking up such a definition are exemplified on the basis of a case analysis,i.e., the dialogic nature engrained in the governance capacity, and the dual dimensioncharacterizing the way how such organization capabilities are beingput into practice. Thus, such a definition provides for an explicit and coherentconceptual basis for further research endeavours to be undertaken vis-à-visorganizational capabilities.
Keywords
dynamic capabilities, organizational capabilities, case studycapacidades dinámicas, capacidades organizacionales, estudio de casocapacidades dinâmicas, capacidades organizacionais, estudo de caso
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Collins, T. y Porras, J. (1995). Empresas que perduran: principios exitosos de compañías triunfadoras. Bogotá: Editorial Norma.
Autor. (2012). La doble dimensión de una capacidad organizacional: evidencias de una organización sin ánimo de lucro que compite en el mercado. Cuadernos de Administración, 25 (44), 11-37.
Autor et al. (2011). Lo social y lo económico: ¿dos caras de una misma moneda? La Fundación Social y sus empresas (1984-2010). Bogotá: Ediciones Uniandes.
Dosi G, Hobday M, Marengo L. (2003). Problem-solving behavior, organizational forms, and the complexity of tasks. En CE Helfat (Ed.), The SMS Blackwell handbook of organizational capabilities (pp. 167–192). Malden, MA: Blackwell.
Dosi G., Nelson R.R, Winter S.G. 2000. Introduction: the nature and dynamics of organizational capabilities. En G. Dosi, R. Nelson, S. Winter (Eds), The nature and dynamics of organizational capabilities (pp. 1–22). New York: Oxford University Press.
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Fundación Social. (1989). Estatutos. Bogotá.
Fundación Social. (2008). Informe de labores 2007. Bogotá: Fundación Social.
Fundación Social. (2010). Estatutos. Bogotá.
Gibbert, M., Ruigrok, W., & Wicki, B. (2008). What passes as a rigorous case study? Strategic Management Journal, 29: 1465–1474
Glaser, B. G., y Strauss, A. L. (1967). The discovery of grounded theory: strategies for qualitative research. New York, NY, Estados Unidos: Aldine Publishing Company.
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Helfat C., Finkelstein, S., Mitchell, W., Peteraf, M., Singh, H., Teece, D. & Winter, S.G. (2007). Dynamic Capabilities: Understanding Strategic Change in Organizations. Oxford, U.K.: Blackwell.
Helfat, C. y Peteraf, M. (2003). The dynamic resource-based view: capability lifecycles. Strategic Management Journal, 24, 997-1010.
Hensgen, T., Desouza, K. C., & Kraft, G. D. (2003). Games, signal detection, and processing in the context of crisis management. Journal of Contingencies and Crisis Management, 11 (2), 67-77.
Hernández, R. (2011). Sucesivos registros del barrio San Francisco Javier –Villa Javier. Bogotá: Corporación Patrimonio Urbano.
Hodgson, G.M. (1998). Evolutionary and competence‐based theories of the firm. Journal of Economic Studies, 25 (1), 25‐56.
Kliesch-Eber, Koch & Geiger, 2005. Connecting, reflecting and acting: A new perspective on the development of organizational (core) capabilities. Working paper, 17 p.
Leonard‐Barton, D. (1992). Core capabilities and core rigidities: a paradox in managing new product development. Strategic Management Journal, 13, 111–125.
Luhmann, N. (1993).Deconstruction as second-order observing. New Literary History, 24, 763-782.
Luhmann, N. (1995). Social systems. Stanford, CA, USA: Stanford University Press.
March J. G. (1991). Exploration and exploitation in organizational learning. Organization Science, 2 (1), 71-87.
Mendoca, S., Cunha, M. P., Kaivo-oja, J. & Ruff, F. (2004). Wild cards, weak signals and organizational improvisation. Futures, 36 (2), 201-218.
Miles, M. y Huberman, A. M. (1984). Qualitative data analysis. Beverly Hills, CA: Sage
Publications.
Morin, E. (2011). La vía para el futuro de la humanidad. Barcelona: Paidos, Ibérica.
Morin, E. (1999). El Método III. El conocimiento del conocimiento. Madrid: Ediciones Cátedra
Morin, E. (1998). Introducción al pensamiento complejo. Barcelona, España: Editorial Gedisa.
Nelson, R.R. (1991). Why do firms differ, and how does it matter? Strategic Management Journal, 12, 61-74.
Nelson, R. R., Winter, S. G. (1982). An evolutionary theory of economic change. Cambridge, MA, USA: Belknap Press of Harvard University.
Sagredo, F., Espinoza, M., Castrillejo, J. Moreno J. Y Horcajo. (1995). Historia de la Caja de Ahorros y Monte de Piedad del Círculo Católico de Obreros de Burgos (1909-1994). Burgos: Ediciones Aldecoa.
Schreyogg, G., y Kliesch-Eberl, M. (2007). How dynamic can organizational capabilities be? Towards a dual-process model of capability dynamization. Strategic Management Journal, 28, 913-933.
Schumpeter J. (1934). The Theory of Economic Development. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press.
Schumpeter, J.A. (1954). History of Economic Analysis. New York, NY : Oxford University Press.
Suddaby, R. (2006). What grounded theory is not. Academy of Management Journal, 49 (4), 633–642.
Teece, D. (1984). Economic analysis and strategic management. California Management Review, 26, 3 (Spring 1984), 87‐110.
Teece, D. y Pisano, G. (1994). The dynamic capabilities of firms: An introduction. Industrial and Corporate Change, 3 (3), 537-556.
Von Foerster, H. (1982). Observing systems. Seaside, CA, USA: Intersystems.
Winter, S. G. (2012). Capabilities: Their origins and ancestry. Journal of Management Studies, 49 (8), 1402-1406.
Winter, S. G. (2008). Dynamic capabilities as a source of change. En A. Ebner, N. Beck (Eds.), The institutions of the market: Organizations, social systems, and governance, (pp. 40–65). New York : Oxford University Press.
Winter, S. G. (2000). The satisficing principle in capability learning. Strategic Management Journal, 21 (10-11), 981-996.
Winter, S. G. (2003). Understanding dynamic capabilities. Strategic Management Journal, 24 (10), 991-995.
Yin, R.K. (1994).Case Study Research: Design and Methods. Beverly Hills, CA: Sage Publications, (2nd edition).
Yin, R. K. (2009).Case Study research: Design and methods New York, NY: Sage Publications. (4a edition).
Zollo, M., y Winter, S. G. (2002). Deliberate learning and the evolution of dynamic capabilities. Organization Science, 13 (3), 339-351.
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Dávila, J. C. (2013). Organizational capabilities: dynamic in nature. Cuadernos De Administración, 26(47), 11–34. https://doi.org/10.11144/Javeriana.cao26-47.cona
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