How can we understand the innovativeness of firms or organizations in general, and how should we assess it in terms of nontechnological innovation? My paper deals with these two questions. The "ability" of companies to adapt to new circumstances, to create new products, processes and new...

Während die handlungsorientierte Managementforschung und -theorie von Frage nach der bestmöglichen Orga-nisation der Produktion (im weitesten Sinne: der Leistungserstellung) ausgeht, fragt die erklärungsorientierte Organisationstheorie nach der Produktion der Organisation. Verschiedene...

This essay addresses the role of transaction cost economics (TCE) in advancing the resource-based view. In particular, it is argued that TCE has the potential to remedy a number of weak spots in the RBV, such as the absence of attention in the RBV to the interaction between value creation and...