Aggregated reputation scores and rankings have been rightly criticized for lacking a theoretical basis by which to weight the individual perceptions that form them. The resulting product can be a score or ranking that fails to represent the perceptions of many or even most stakeholders. Little...

Discussion of joint ventures (JVs) in the literature often concerns equity JVs, which are distinct from non-equity JVs. JVs span a range of contractual arrangements such as licensing, vertical integration, or technical assistance and management contracts. Theoretical and empirical studies have...

Dynamic capabilities are deeply enmeshed with business model innovation and implementation. Dynamic capabilities reside in the collective learning and culture of the organization and in the entrepreneurial skill of the top management team. Entrepreneurial managers bear the primary responsibility...

This paper examines the roles played by middle- and top-level managers in the dynamic capabilities framework. The key entrepreneurial capabilities needed for asset orchestration and realignment of the enterprise often reside in the skills and knowledge of top managers. Although dynamic...