This article deals with the relationship between dynamic capabilities and core competencies of companies. Both categories extend the resource-based view of the firm. They are difficult to work out, but thanks to their durability and universality they enable to achieve a sustainable competitive...

Higher education institutions (HEIs), once considered among society's most resilient institutions, are facing challenges due to changes in governments' and society's expectations of them. Within the sector, there is a global call for new models and practices, requiring HEIs to develop the...

In times of changing business environments, firms must constantly renew their competitive advantage by establishing dynamic capabilities. While often attempting to employ this in corporate venturing activities, they face the challenge of simultaneously exploring new and exploiting existing...

Mit ihren vier Perspektiven - finanzielle Perspektive, Kundenperspektive, interne Prozeßperspektive sowie Lern- und Entwicklungsperspektive - informiert die Balanced Scorecard in einem ausgewogenen Bild über die aktuelle Zielerreichung und die zukünftigen Erfolgsmöglichkeiten eines...

This paper aims to develop a proposal for implementing the Balanced Scorecard (BSC) in a large Portuguese company that operates in the textile sector, intending to promote its subsequent implementation. Through a qualitative research approach, a case study was carried out, using interviews,...

This paper seeks to present the necessity of the public 'space' availability as a relaxation of the legislation margins in order of a flexible and efficient Strategic Public Management. This papers is about to be proposed with inclusion of the basic ideas of public strategic management. The...

This paper exploits a quasi-experimental setting to estimate the impact that a multi-dimensional group incentive scheme had on branch performance in a large distribution firm. The scheme, which is based on the Balanced Scorecard, was implemented in all branches in one division, but not in...

Die theoretisch-konzeptionelle Würdigung der Balanced Scorecard steht trotz ihres Siegeszu-ges in der Praxis noch immer in den Anfängen. Der vorliegende Beitrag stellt das Shareholder Value-Konzept, das Stakeholder-Konzept und die Systemtheorie als theoretisch-konzeptionel-len Bezugsrahmen...

Zur Bewältigung der drängenden Fragen der heutigen Zeit wird von den politischen Verantwortungsträgern ein klares und nachvollziehbares Konzept und Vorgehen eingefordert. Der Ruf nach einer strategischen nicht nur taktischen Ausrichtung der politischen Planung und Steuerung wird laut. Die...

During the last decade, there has been wide agreement on the importance of dynamic capabilities on economic performance of firms. Simultaneously an increasing literature suggests that economic dynamics is embedded in social relations and social institutions. In this article, the determinants of...