Search is vital to organizational adaptation. It refers to an organization's scanning behavior, its ability to seek, identify, and choose new strategic options. Search can be viewed as both a process and a capability that enables organizations to see, create, or react to environmental...

Purpose: The purpose of this study is to discover the learning mechanisms and temporal dynamics of implementing systems (Six Sigma) as it unfolds over time. Design/methodology/approach: The data come from a European engineering company that was implementing a Six Sigma-based quality management...