Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/89378 
Year of Publication: 
2003
Series/Report no.: 
LEM Working Paper Series No. 2003/11
Publisher: 
Scuola Superiore Sant'Anna, Laboratory of Economics and Management (LEM), Pisa
Abstract: 
The capability-based view of the firm is based on the assumption that firms know how to do things. Assuming the existence of a thing called 'organizational knowledge', in the first part of the paper we identify its main building blocks and we provide a description of its inner structure. This results in an analysis of the relationships among key concepts like organizational routines, organizational competencies and skills. In the second part, we consider some empirical implications of the adoption of a capability-based view of the firm in dealing with issues like horizontal and vertical boundaries of the firm, innovation and corporate performance. Some implications for strategic management are also discussed.
Subjects: 
capabilities
routines
organizational knowledge problem solving
Document Type: 
Working Paper

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