Dynamic capabilities and their characteristic qualities: Insights from a lab experiment

Organization Science

Volumn 27, Issue 2, 2016, Pages 233-248

  Wollersheim, Jutta ^a   Heimeriks, Koen H ^b  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^b TILBURG UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Dynamic capabilities; Experimental design; Laboratory research; Organizational routines

Indexed keywords

EID: 84963595235     PISSN: 10477039     EISSN: 15265455     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1287/orsc.2016.1053     Document Type: Article

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