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...

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 /...

Includes papers that offer a review of inter-organizational relations in alternative approaches to the creation and management of competences. This volume offers an integrative approach to strategy and management theory, research, and practice.

This volume explores ways in which an organization's existing competences can be enhanced as sources of competitive advantage - either enduring or intendedly transitional. Competence enhancing activities considered include political lobbying to extend the lifetime and value of a firm's...

This volume focuses on Competence Perspectives on New Industry Dynamics. Research in Competence-Based Management (RCBM) is a peer-reviewed title for the publication of papers that extend current competence-based management (CBM) theory, propose new additions to CBM theory, suggest new directions...