This volume focuses on Competence Perspectives on New Industry Dynamics. Research in Competence-Based Management (RCBM) is a peer-reviewed title for the publication of papers that extend current competence-based management (CBM) theory, propose new additions to CBM theory, suggest new directions...

Exploring the relationship between strategy, advantage, and staffing, this guide shows that a firm's talent philosophy and business creed determine its employment needs and explains that a company's choice and execution of hires directly relates to its overall business sense and competitive...

FRONT COVER -- A FOCUSED ISSUE ON COMPETENCE PERSPECTIVES ON NEW INDUSTRY DYNAMICS -- COPYRIGHT PAGE -- CONTENTS -- LIST OF CONTRIBUTORS -- INTRODUCTION TO THE FOCUSED ISSUE ON NEW INDUSTRY DYNAMICS -- ARCHITECTING ORGANIZATIONS: A DYNAMIC STRATEGIC CONTINGENCY PERSPECTIVE -- INTRODUCTION --...

During a UN Commission meeting in 1983, Norwegian Prime Minister Brundtland came to state one of the most comprehensive definitions of sustainability: ‘meeting the needs of the present without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their own needs’ ( WCED Report, 1987 )....

Competence-based theory provides valuable insights in a business context characterized by global ecosystems, co-specialization, and asset orchestration. As the unit of analysis shifts from the individual enterprise to the ecosystem, pursuing proper competence building and competence leveraging...

We develop a framework that explains the role of knowledge resources in the formation of international strategic alliances by multinational corporations. The focus is on the value and uniqueness of knowledge resources and two types of learning international strategic alliances, exploratory and...