The relationship with customers has important implications for operating decisions as well as firm performance. One important aspect of the supplier-buyer relationship is the contract duration, and how this factor is likely to affect firm investments has been under-researched. This study aims to...

Einführung -- Konkretisierung des Controllability-Prinzips -- Empirische Studien zum Controllability-Prinzip -- Erweiterung der Modellierung des Controllability-Prinzips -- Methodische Grundlagen -- Ergebnisse der empirischen Untersuchung -- Fazit.

Research on the nature and value of firms’ dynamic capabilities has produced contradictory propositions and findings. Scholars have argued that contingency theorizing has the potential to improve our understanding, as the context in which dynamic capabilities are deployed may affect their...