Capabilities unveiled: The role of ordinary activities in the evolution of product development processes

Organization Science

Volumn 20, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 384-409

  Salvato, Carlo ^a  

^a BOCCONI UNIVERSITY   (Italy)

Author keywords

Capability evolution; Capability microfoundations; Dynamic managerial capabilities; Event sequence analysis; Mindfulness; Optimal matching analysis

Indexed keywords

EID: 70350401857     PISSN: 10477039     EISSN: 15265455     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1287/orsc.1080.0408     Document Type: Article

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