Cluster & Network

Research

Theory of the Firm

(ToF)

Competences &
Capabilities

Alegre, J., Lapiedra, R., Sengupta, K. (2004) 'Knowledge Management, Distinctive

Competences and Performance: An Empirical Investigation', 4th European Academy of
Management (EURAM) Annual Conference: Governance in Managerial Life, May, 5-8,
2004, St. Andrews, Scotland.
Andersson, U., Forsgren, M. (2002) 'Creation and Diffusion of Competence in MNCs
Structures, Ties and Resources at the Subsidiary Level', EIBA (European International
Business Academy) Working Paper.
Barney, J. (1991) Firm Resources and Sustainable Competitive Advantage, Journal of
Management, 17: 99-120.
Bontis, N., Dragonetti, N., Jacobsen, K., Roos, G. (1999) 'The Knowledge Toolbox: A
Review of the Tools Available to Measure and Manage Intangible Resources', European
Management Journal, 17 (4): 391402.
Borello, J., Erbes, A., Robert, V., Roitter, S., Yoguel, G. (2004) 'Technological
Competencies of Information Technology Workers. Beyond Demand and Supply
Restrictions: The Argentinean Case', DRUID Summer Conference 2004: Industrial
Dynamics, Innovation and Development, June, 14-16, 2004, Elsinore, Denmark, DRUID
(Danish Research Unit for Industrial Dynamics).
Camison, C. (2004) 'Shared, Competitive, and Comparative Advantages: A CompetenceBased View of Industrial-District Competitiveness', Environment and Planning A, 36:
2227-2256.
Camisn-Zornoza, C., Boronat-Navarro, M., Lapiedra-Alcami, R., Alegre-Vidal, J. (2004)
'Organizational Size, Distinctive Competencies, and Performance', 4th European
Academy of Management (EURAM) Annual Conference: Governance in Managerial
Life, May, 5-8, 2004, St. Andrews, Scotland.
Collis, David J. (1994) How Valuable are Organizational Capabilities?, Strategic
Management Journal, 15: 143-152.
Cooke, P. (2005) 'Regionally Asymmetric Knowledge Capabilities and Open Innovation
Exploring Globalisation 2A New Model of Industry Organisation', Research Policy,
34 (8): 11281149.
Costa, I. (2001) 'Ownership and Technological Capabilities in Brazil', DRUID (Danish
Research Unit for Industrial Dynamics) Working Paper.
Draulans, J., De Man, A., Volberda, H. (2003) 'Building Alliance Capability: Management
Techniques for Superior Alliance Performance, Long Range Planning, 36 (2): 151-166.

Dubbini, S., Iacobucci , D. (2004) 'The Development of Entrepreneurial Competences:

Entrepreneurship Education in Italian Universities and Firms Organizational Models',
8th Annual EUNIP (European Network of Industrial Policy) Conference: Determinants
of Productivity, FDI and Industrial Structure, December, 13-15, 2004, Birmingham,
England.
Duysters, G., Hagedoorn, J. (2000) 'Core Competences and Company Performance in the
World-Wide Computer Industry', The Journal of High Technology Management
Research, 11 (1): 7591.
Ezzine, J. (2009) 'Integrated Capabilities Accumulation: A Gerschenkronian Catching-Up
Strategy', 7th Triple Helix Conference: University, Industry and Government Linkages,
June, 17-19, 2009, Glasgow, Scotland, UK.
Finch, J., Dinnie, N., Simpson, G., Lamb, F. (1999) 'A Behavioural Framework for
Understanding the Role of Decision-Making as an Inimitable Organisational
Competence', EAEPE (European Association for Evolutionary Political Economy)
Conference: Inequality and Integration: Challenges for Institutional Economics,
November, 47, 1999, Prague, Czech Republic.
Flowers, S. (2004) 'With or Without You: Examining the Role of Contingent Capabilities in
Complex Projects', 4th European Academy of Management (EURAM) Annual
Conference: Governance in Managerial Life, May, 5-8, 2004, St. Andrews, Scotland.
Foss, N. (1996) 'Capabilities and the Theory of the Firm', DRUID (Danish Research Unit
for Industrial Dynamics) Working Paper.
Foss, N. (1996) 'Thorstein B. Veblen: Precursor of the Competence-Based Approach to the
Firm', DRUID (Danish Research Unit for Industrial Dynamics) Working Paper.
Foss, N. (1999) 'Capabilities, Confusion, and the Costs of Coordination: On Some Problems
in Recent Research on Inter-Firm Relations', DRUID (Danish Research Unit for
Industrial Dynamics) Working Paper.
Foss, N., Langlois, R. (1997) 'Capabilities and Governance: The Rebirth of Production in
the Theory of Economic Organization', DRUID (Danish Research Unit for Industrial
Dynamics) Working Paper.
Gregersen, B., Johnson, B., Segura, O. (2004) 'Institutions and Learning Capabilities in a
Development Perspective', DRUID Summer Conference 2004: Industrial Dynamics,
Innovation and Development, June, 14-16, 2004, Elsinore, Denmark, DRUID (Danish
Research Unit for Industrial Dynamics).
Gulati, R. (1999) 'Network Location and Learning: The Influence of Network Resources
and Firm Capabilities on Alliance Formation', Strategic Management Journal, 20: 397
420.
Hagedoorn, J., Duysters, G. (2002) 'External Sources of Innovative Capabilities: The
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Preference for Strategic Alliances or Mergers and Acquisitions', Journal of Management

Studies, 39 (2): 167-188.
Hilliard, R. (2001) 'An Analysis of Industry Response to the Challenges of Environmental
Regulation: An Organisational Capabilities Approach', EAEPE (European Association
for Evolutionary Political Economy) Conference: Comparing Economic Institutions,
November, 8-11, 2001, Siena, Italy.
Hilliard, R. (2004) 'Tacit Knowledge and Dynamic Capability: The Importance of
Penrosian Image', DRUID Summer Conference 2004: Industrial Dynamics, Innovation
and Development, June, 14-16, 2004, Elsinore, Denmark, DRUID (Danish Research
Unit for Industrial Dynamics).
Hinds, P., Carley, K., Krackhardt, D., Wholey, D. (2000) 'Choosing Workgroup Members:
The Balance of Similarity, Competence, and Familiarty', Organizational Behavior and
Human Decision Making Processes, 81 (2): 226-251.
Kale, P., Dyer, J., Singh, H. (2002) 'Alliance Capability, Stock Market Response, and LongTerm Alliance Success: The Role of the Alliance Function', Strategic Management
Journal, 23: 747767.
Kogut, B. & Kulatilaka, N. (1999) Capabilities as Real Options,. Warton School, The
University of Pennsylvania.
Kogut, B. & Zander, U. (1992) Knowledge Of The Firm, Combinative Capabilities, and
The Replication Of Technology, Organization Science, 3: (3) 383-397.
Kogut, B. & Zander, U. (1995) Knowledge and The Speed Of The Transfer and Imitation
Of Organizational Capabilities - An Empirical-Test, Organization Science, 6(1): 76-92.
Kogut, B. & Chang, S. (1991) 'Technological Capabilities and Japanese Foreign Direct
Investment in the United States', Review of Economics & Statistics, 73 (3): 401-413.
Kuemmerle, W. (1997) Building Effective R&D Capabilities Abroad, Harvard Business
Review March-April: 61-70.
Lambe, J., Robert S. & Shelby H. (2002) Alliance Competence, Resources, and Alliance
Success: Conceptualization, Measurement, and Initial Test, Journal of the Academy of
Marketing Science, 30(2): 141-158
Lawson, C., Lorenz, E. (1999) 'Collective Learning, Tacit Knowledge and Regional
Innovative Capacity', Regional Studies, 33 (4): 305-317.
Lei, D., Slocum, J. (1992) 'Global Strategy, Competence-Building and Strategic Alliances ',
California Management Review, 35 (1): 81-97.
Leoncini, R., Montresor, S. (2004) 'On the Nature of Dynamic Capabilities: Clusters of
Organizations or Organizational Clusters?', DRUID (Danish Research Unit for Industrial
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Dynamics) Working Paper.

Lorenzen, M. (1998) 'Information Cost, Learning, and Trust Lessons from Co-Operation
and Higher-Order Capabilities Amongst Geographically Proximate Firms', DRUID
(Danish Research Unit for Industrial Dynamics) Working Paper.
Mahnke, V., Aadne, J. (1998) 'Processes of Strategic Renewal, Competencies, and the
Management of Speed', DRUID (Danish Research Unit for Industrial Dynamics)
Working Paper.
Molin, M. (2001) 'Dynamic Capabilities How Can We Make Them Work?, DRUID Winter
Conference.
Mller, K., Svahn, S. (2003) Managing Strategic Nets: A Capability Perspective,
Marketing Theory, 3(2): 209-34.
Nightingale, P. (2004) 'Technological Capabilities, Invisible Infrastructure & the Un-Social
Construction of Predictability: The Overlooked Fixed Costs of Useful Research', DRUID
Summer Conference 2004: Industrial Dynamics, Innovation and Development, June, 1416, 2004, Elsinore, Denmark, DRUID (Danish Research Unit for Industrial Dynamics).
Niosi, J., Bas, T. (2001) 'The Competencies of Regions Canadas Clusters in
Biotechnology', Small Business Economics, 17: 3142.
Pedersen, T. (2004) 'Two Types of Low-Tech Sophistication: Production Techniques,
Product Design and Formal Competence in Norwegian Mechanical Engineering',
DRUID Summer Conference 2004: Industrial Dynamics, Innovation and Development,
June, 14-16, 2004, Elsinore, Denmark, DRUID (Danish Research Unit for Industrial
Dynamics).
Prahalad, C., Hamel, G. (1990) 'The Core Compentence of The Corporation', Harvard
Business Review, May-June: 79-91.
Prahalad, C. K. (1993) The Role of Core Competencies in the Corporation, Research
Technology Management, November-December 1993, 40.
Romano, E. (2000) 'Building Capabilities through Strategic Alliances ', Journal of Property
Management, July/August: 38-44.
Sanders, M., Weel, B. (2000) 'Skill-Biased Technical Change: Theoretical Concepts,
Empirical Problems and a Survey of the Evidence', DRUID (Danish Research Unit for
Industrial Dynamics) Working Paper.
Teece, D., Pisano, G., Shuen, A. (1997) 'Dynamic Capabilities and Strategic Management',
Strategic Management Journal, 18 (7): 509533.
Turpin, T. (2004) 'Collaboration and Learning for Technology Capacity Building in the
Asia Pacific', DRUID Summer Conference 2004: Industrial Dynamics, Innovation and
Development, June, 14-16, 2004, Elsinore, Denmark, DRUID (Danish Research Unit for
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Industrial Dynamics).
Wareham, J., Gerrits, H. (1999) 'De-Contextualising Competence: Can Business Best
Practice Be Bundled and Sold?', European Management Journal, 17 (1): 3949.
Wassmer, U. (2004) 'Creating Alliance Portfolio Capability: A Literature Review and
Proposal for a Research Agenda', 4th European Academy of Management (EURAM)
Annual Conference: Governance in Managerial Life, May, 5-8, 2004, St. Andrews,
Scotland.
Weerawardena, J., Mort, G., Liesch, P., Knight, G. (2003) 'Dynamic Learning Capabilities
and Internationalisation of Born Global Firms: A Conceptual Model and Research
Propositions', EIBA (European International Business Academy) Working Paper.
Weinert, F. (1999) 'Concepts of Competence', OECD Working Paper.
Willcocks, L., Feeny, D. (2006) 'IT Outsourcing and Core is Capabilities: Challenges and
Lessons at Dupont', Information Systems Management, Winter 2006: 49-56.
Yeung, Arthur K., Ulrich, David O., Nason, Stephen W., Von Glinow, Mary Ann (1999)
Organizational Learning Capability. New York: Oxford.
Zahra, S., Nielsen, A. (2002) 'Sources of Capabilities, Integration and Technology
Commercialization', Strategic Management Journal, 23: 377398.
Zander, Udo; Kogut, Bruce (1995) Knowledge and the Speed of Transfer, Imitation of
Organizational Capabilities: An Empirical Test, Organization Science, 6: 76-92.
Zhao, Z., Anand, J., Mitchell, W. (2005) 'A Dual Networks Perspective on InterOrganizational Transfer of R&D Capabilities: International Joint Ventures in the
Chinese Automotive Industry', Journal of Management Studies, 42 (1): 127-160.
Zott, C. (2001) 'Dynamic Capabilities and the Emergence of Intra-Industry Differential
Firm Performance: Insight from a Simulation Study', INSEAD Working Paper.

Augier, M. (2004) 'The Evolving Dynamics of Organizational Capabilities: An Interview

with David J. Teece, Working Paper.
Augier, M., Teece, D. (2004) 'Competencies, Capabilities and the Neo-Schumpeterian
Tradition, Working Paper.
Borker, M., De Man, A., Weeda, P. (2004) 'Embedding Alliance Competence: Alliance
Offices, Working Paper.
Carley, K. (2003) 'Linking Capabilities to Needs', Committee on Human Factors, National
Research Council, 361-370.
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De Man, A. (2001) 'The Future of Alliance Capability: Towards a Basic Necessity for Firm
Survival?, Working Paper.
Duysters, G., Heimeriks, K. (2002) 'Alliance Capabilities - How Can Firms Improve their
Alliance Performance?, Working Paper.
Felin, T., Foss, N. (2004) 'Methodological Individualism and the Organizational
Capabilities Approach, Working Paper.
Gammelgaard, J. (1999) 'Competence: A Dynamic Extension of the Existing Typology of
Acquisition Motives, Working Paper.
Lall, S. (1992) 'Technological Capabilities and Industrialization, Working Paper.
Sandven, T. (2002) 'The Educational Attainment of Employees as an Indicator of the
Innovation Capacities of Enterprises, Working Paper.
Steiner, M. (ed.) (1997) Competence Clusters, Workshop report, Graz and A1-Ring Austria,
November 21-22 1996 Graz, Leykam.
Vanhaverbeke, W., Duysters, G., Beerkens, B. (2001) 'Technological Capability Building
through Networking Strategies within High-Tech Industries, Working Paper.