This paper seeks to explain the evolution of human systems of exchange through the emergence of both fundamental forms of organization (such as firms and markets) and specific instances of organization (such as individual firms and other economic or social entities) for engaging in exchange. We...

This volume of "Research in Competence-Based Management" focuses on a range of fundamental issues in developing competence-base theory and in undertaking competence-based research intended to contribute to management theory development. The first papers in this volume revisit and reappraise a...

The competence-based perspective on strategy and management emerged in the 1990s as a new approach to developing strategy and management theory and practice. In the past decade, the focus on organizational competences - and the resources, capabilities, and processes that create competences - has...

This volume of papers develops the competence perspective on learning and dynamic capabilities development. The first two papers explore how organizational competence and dynamic capabilities can support the competitive position of a firm. The next two papers are devoted to strategic,...

The impact of the internet on horizontal and vertical competition : market efficiency and value chain reconfiguration / Anita Elberse, Patrick Barwise, Kathy Hammond -- Trust among strangers in internet transactions : empirical analysis of eBay' s reputation system / Paul Resnick, Richard...

Introduction / Rudy Martens, Aim(c)Øe Heene, Ron Sanchez -- The impact of corporate venturing on a firm's competence modes / J. Henri Burgers, Frans A.J. Van Den Bosch, Henk W. Volberda -- Increasing technological innovation competence through intra-organizational communication networks /...

Introduction / Aim(c)Øe Heene, Rudy Martens, Ron Sanchez -- Learning and capability development : the impact of social capital / Sigrid De Wever -- Reducing the vulnerability of capabilities through interfirm knowledge transfer / Bui Tue Quynh, Rudy Martens -- Moderate systemic inference in...

Competitive advantages of the firm based on geographical embeddedness : a case study / F.Xavier Molina-Morales -- Competence-based management and strategic alliances / J. Rajendran Pandian, Peter McKiernan -- Developing alliance capabilities in a new era / Geert Duysters, Koen Heimeriks --...

Identifying competences using a service-process model in quality management : empirical evidence from medical services / Markus Orava, Malin Br(c)·annback -- Mergers and acquisitions as gap-closing activities in competence building and leveraging / Ralf Metzenthin -- Operationalizing...