Capability reconfiguration: An analysis of incumbent responses to technological change

• 成果类型: Article; Proceedings Paper
• 署名作者: Lavie, D
• 署名单位: University of Texas System; University of Texas Austin
• 刊物名称: ACADEMY OF MANAGEMENT REVIEW
• ISSN/ISSBN: 0363-7425
• 发表日期: 2006
• 页码: 153-174
• 关键词: ABSORPTIVE-CAPACITY; accumulation; EVOLUTION; MODEL; DISCONTINUITIES; TRANSFORMATION; PERSPECTIVE; performance; integration; competence

摘要

I present a model of capability reconfiguration, integrating the Schumpeterian perspective on technological discontinuities with the dynamic capabilities literature to explain the responses of incumbents to technological change. I identify substitution, evolution, and transformation as three mechanisms of capability reconfiguration and then link the choice of reconfiguration mechanism to the nature of technological change and to the attributes of capabilities. I conclude that the extent to which the chosen mechanism enables incumbents to overcome cognitive and operational impediments influences their capacity to bridge capability gaps.