In face of increasingly diverse product offerings, consumers consider numerous extrinsic as well as intrinsic product features to make buying decisions. Personality constructs regarding a brand — and even a country-of-origin — have been shown to be intrinsic features with strong effects on...

In this book Florian Andresen aims to unpack the “capability rigidity paradox” within the dynamic capability view. Consequently, he tackles one of the core challenges in strategic management of the past decades. Providing a novel and thorough literature review on dynamic capabilities from...

This dissertation uncovers how informal and self-organized communities of practice as a source of learning and adaptability are embedded in their formal organizational surroundings. Based on an interpretative case study of three communities of practice within the German Federal Armed Forces, the...