Discusses and contrasts the governance and competence perspectives of the firm.The competence perspective is decidedly production oriented, while the governance perspective is exchange oriented.Further, the competence perspective relies on the routine as the unit of analysis, whereas the...

This empirical paper explores knowledge outflow from MNC subsidiaries and its impact on the MNC performance. We develop and test hypotheses derived from literature on MNC knowledge flows integrated with the perspective of knowledge-creating, self-interested MNC subsidiaries. The hypotheses are...

IT-enabled innovations are critical for competitive success in a range of industries including financial brokerage. This paper addresses the crucial question: How do capability development strategies differ between first-movers and late-entrants in IT-enabled services. We develop a theory based...

This paper presents a review of existing theoretical perspectives and empirical work on strategic IT outsourcing. By presenting the main findings of various recent studies and elaborating on current research gaps it conveys a picture of the past research, the present findings and the future...

This paper argues that complementary humanresource practices play an important role inthe development of a knowledge based theory offirm. In general, such a theory might beadvanced through investigating complementarycoordination mechanisms as components ofgovernance structures. In particular,...

It is argued that an evolutionaryperspective on firm boundaries with its strongfocus on knowledge, as well as processes ofsearch, learning and capability development isinstrumental in developing a theory of firmboundaries that is close to managerialconcerns. Building on insights in...