This paper deals with the basic concepts of technology competence assessment. Futhermore it qualifies some practical experiences and case examples.

Vorliegendes Arbeitspapier beschäftigt sich mit International verteilte Kompetenzen und Integrationskonzepte für Wissens-zentren in multinationalen Unternehmen.

The competence-based management approach has shed light on how firms represent open systems that link assets, strategic logic, and capabilities in order to create new competences. Nonetheless, we find that there are too few empirical studies that illustrate how competences are distributed within...