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...

This volume presents an epistemological argument for the essential function of mid-range theory in advancing management concepts that can be usefully applied by managers. Authors analyse two examples - modularity and dynamic capabilities.

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...