Concurrent learning: How firms develop multiple dynamic capabilities in parallel

• 成果类型: Article
• 署名作者: Bingham, Christopher B.; Heimeriks, Koen H.; Schijven, Mario; Gates, Stephen
• 署名单位: University of North Carolina; University of North Carolina Chapel Hill; Tilburg University; University of Illinois System; University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign; Audencia
• 刊物名称: STRATEGIC MANAGEMENT JOURNAL
• ISSN/ISSBN: 0143-2095
• DOI: 10.1002/smj.2347
• 发表日期: 2015
• 页码: 1802-1825
• 关键词: Learning; DYNAMIC CAPABILITIES; Corporate development; M&A; GROWTH

摘要

Much is known about the importance of dynamic capabilities. Yet, surprisingly little is known about how multiple dynamic capabilities might be developed in parallel, since most existing work explores a particular dynamic capability in isolation. Using rich quantitative and qualitative data on Dow Chemical's acquisitions, joint ventures, and divestitures over the past 20years, we seek to address this gap. Besides contributing by adding fresh insights about managing growth and the utility of distributed practice, and by shedding light on positive and negative experience transfer, our core contribution is an emergent theoretical framework that develops the concept of concurrent learning. Copyright (c) 2014 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.