Untangling dynamic and operational capabilities: Strategy for the (N)ever-changing world

Strategic Management Journal

Volumn 32, Issue 11, 2011, Pages 1243-1250

  Helfat, Constance E ^a   Winter, Sidney G ^b  

^a DARTMOUTH COLLEGE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

ambidexterity; dynamic capabilities; ecosystem; organizational capabilities

Indexed keywords

AMBIDEXTERITY; DYNAMIC CAPABILITIES; GRADUAL CHANGES; OPERATIONAL CAPABILITIES; ORGANIZATIONAL CAPABILITIES;

EID: 84860389455     PISSN: 01432095     EISSN: 10970266     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/smj.955     Document Type: Article

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