This paper presents the results of a study exploring the relationship between strategic policy options and broad-based manufacturing competitive capabilities. The results represent the views of 213 managers on the manufacturing capabilities and strategic directions of their own business units. The findings indicate several relationships between the two conceptual domains. Among the various type...

We examine the role of different network capabilities of companies that influence the formation of R&D partnerships in pharmaceutical biotechnology. Strategic network capabilities, specifically centrality-based capabilities and the efficiency with which companies choose their partners, are found to facilitate the formation of new partnerships. Unlike general experience with partnering, these st...

Aalto University, P.O. Box 11000, FI-00076 Aalto www.aalto.fi Author Matti Jaakkola Name of the doctoral dissertation Strategic Orientations, Market-based Capabilities and Business Performance: The Moderating Effect of Business Context Publisher Aalto University School of Economics Unit Department of Marketing Series Aalto University publication series DOCTORAL DISSERTATIONS 79/2012 Field of re...

This paper focuses on the practice of mobilizing key resources to build strategic capabilities based on technological innovation in a textile company in China. We propose an analytical framework on the basis of RBV theory and value chain analysis to determine the pattern of how different bundles of the key resources contributed to the strategic capabilities in our case company. We also adopt a ...

To lead their company toward success in today’s ever-changing landscape, managers need to know how to rapidly and creatively use their organization’s capabilities to seize opportunities before others do. We term this leadership team capability strategic improvisation. Strategic improvisation, as an alternative to traditional planning for urgent situations, builds on clear and real-time informat...