ion of experience associated with a specific activity or task. We conceptualize codification in the alliance learning process in a similar manner. Codification involves creating and using knowledge objects or resources such as alliance guidelines, checklists, or manuals to assist action or decision making in future alliance situations. We also see it as being distinct from the aspect of articul...

We propose a conceptual framework—with the resourcebased view (RBV) of the firm as its theoretical underpinning—to explain interfirm differences in firms’ profitability in high-technology markets in terms of differences in their functional capabilities. Specifically, we suggest that marketing, R&D, and operations capabilities, along with interactions among these capabilities, are important dete...

The study focuses on the benefit of foreign direct investment (FDI) at the firm level. Looking into the way businesses acquire institutional knowledge, the study examines whether IJVs have built local technological capability through acquiring and then using the international resources and knowledge of the foreign joint venture partners, and if so, the level of the technological capability that...

The central aim of supply chain management, to have the right product in the right quantities (at the right place) at the right moment at minimal cost. Advancements in information technologies have enabled major innovations in the reengineering of industry's supply chains, redefining the ways companies operate their supply chains. New ventures have emerged to create values for business partners...

Process maturity reference frameworks such as ISO/IEC 15504 and the Capability Maturity Model Integrated (CMMI) seek to assist software process improvement (SPI) efforts by prescribing a roadmap for improving the capability of the development process. However, such frameworks are not widely adopted in the practice [1], [2], especially in smaller software development organisations where the deve...

We investigate how organizational learning strategies drive knowledge-based innovation advantage (KBIA) in US high tech firms, where KBIA refers to the capability advantage of a firm, relative to its competitor, to develop knowledge-based innovations. We use the knowledgebased view to build our theoretical framework and use objective, longitudinal data over more than six years combined with sur...