Strategic Management Journal Strat. Mgmt. J.‚ 21: 1105–1121 (2000) DYNAMIC CAPABILITIES: WHAT ARE THEY? KATHLEEN M. EISENHARDT* and JEFFREY A. MARTIN Department of Management Science and Engineering‚ Stanford University‚ Stanford‚ California‚ U.S.A. This paper focuses on dynamic capabilities and‚ more generally‚ the resource-based view of the firm. We argue that dynamic capabilities are a set of specific and identifiable processes such as product development‚ strategic decision making‚ and
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Process capability studies determine whether a process is unstable‚ investigate any sources of instability‚ determine their causes‚ and take action to resolve such sources of instability. After all sources of instability have been resolved in a process‚ the natural behavior of the process is called its process capability. Process capability compares the output of a process (called “Voice of the Process”) with the customer’s specification limits for the outputs (called “Voice of the Customer”). A
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Process Capability A process is the value-added transformation of inputs to outputs. The inputs and outputs of a process can involve machines‚ materials‚ methods‚ measurement‚ people‚ and the environment. Each of the inputs is a source of variability. Variability in the output can result in poor service and poor product quality‚ both of which often decrease customer satisfaction. It is necessary to analyze the amount of common cause variation present in an in control process. Process capability is the
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What are capabilities? What must firms do to create capabilities? Capability is a capacity for a set of resources to integratively perform a stretch task. It represents the identity of the firm as perceived by both its employees and customers. It is the firm’s ability to perform better than competitors using a distinctive and difficult to replicate set of business attributes. The organization’s capability is comprised of three core assets – physical capital‚ including all tangible assets; technology
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innovate is to die” (Freeman‚ 2005‚ p.266). We could define the innovation as “… (innovation) life cycle is an S-shaped logistic curve consisting of three distinct phases: emergence (the development of the product or service‚ its manufacturing capabilities‚ and its place in the market)‚ growth (where the product family pervades the market). and maturity (where the market issaturated and growth slows)” (William G. Howard‚ 1992). The satisfaction of customers are unlimited‚ they always want new products
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MULTINATIONAL CORPORATION • Multinational entities have played a role in international trade for several centuries. • Multinational operations can be traced back several centuries to the British and Dutch trading companies. • After the above declined‚ the European overseas investments‚ mainly in the extractive industries dominated international trade. • The phenomenon as it is known today is the result of the lead taken by U.S. based companies in the post World War II period. Western
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Introduction. Multinational corporations (MNC’s) also known as International Corporation‚ transnational corporation‚ global corporation and many more. Due to the political changes that have occurred during the years‚ the opportunities for multinationals corporations have increased considerably. As a fact multinationals corporations are growing with rapidity. For example in Mauritius we have KFC‚ Mac Donald’s‚ Pizza hut which are all multinationals and have branches throughout the island. According
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Negative Capability ’The concept of Negative Capability is the ability to contemplate the world without the desire to try and reconcile contradictory aspects or fit it into closed and rational systems.’ Keats was a romantic poet‚ full of intense passion and desire‚ yet shy and reserved. He was a young man with all the determination and melancholy of a teenager on a romantic quest to be among the English poets when he died. He is an inspiration to all of us‚ full of colourful language and imagination
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resources and competences and show how they are creating competitive advantage. This will be illustrated through the identification of the key drivers of competitive advantage. A strategic capability analysis of an organisation‚ namely Marks and Spencer. will be undertaken in order to identify which capabilities meet the criteria of value‚ rarity‚ robustness and non-substitutability. This study will be used to emphasise the impact of these key drivers which are likely to have an impact on the competitive
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TOPIC: MULTINATIONAL CORPORATIONS (MNC) INDIVIDUAL ASSIGNMENT LECTURER: NEENA DAS A/P GOGILADAS DATE ASSIGNED: 13th AUGUST 2013 DATE DUE: 27TH MARCH 2015 TABLE OF CONTENTS INTRODUCTION. 3 TYPES OF FOREIGN EXCHANGE EXPOSURE. 5 Transaction Exposure 5 Translation Exposure. 6 Economic Exposure. 7 REASONS FOR MNC TO EXPAND GLOBALLY 8 To Seek for New Markets 8 To Seek New Resources 8 To Seek New Technology 9 To Seek Production Efficiency 9 Global Diversification. 9 FACTORS DISTINGUISH MULTINATIONAL FINANCIAL
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