Dynamic Capabilities and Strategic Management

David J. Teece

ISBN 10: 0199691908 / ISBN 13: 9780199691906

Published by Oxford University Press, GB, 2011

About this Item

How do firms compete? How do firms earn above normal returns? What's needed to sustain superior performance long term? An increasingly powerful answer to these fundamental questions of business strategy lies in the concept of dynamic capabilities. These are the skills, processes, routines, organizational structures, and disciplines that enable firms to build, employ, and orchestrate intangible assets relevant to satisfying customer needs, and which cannot be readily replicated by competitors. Enterprises with strong dynamic capabilities are intensely entrepreneurial. They not only adapt to business ecosystems; they also shape them through innovation, collaboration, learning, and involvement. David Teece was the pioneer of the dynamic capabilities perspective. It is grounded in 25 years of his research, teaching, and consultancy. His ideas have been influential in business strategy, management, and economics, and are relevant to innovation, technology management, and competition policy. Through his consultancy and advisory work he has also brought these ideas to bear in business and policy making around the world. This book is the clearest and most succinct statement of the core ideas of dynamic capabilities. Teece explains their genesis, application, and how they offer an alternative approach to much conventional strategic thinking grounded in simplistic and outdated understandings of industrial organizations and the foundations of competitive advantage. Accessibly written and presented, it will be an invaluable and stimulating tool for all those who want to understand this important contribution to strategic thinking, be they MBA students, academics, managers, or consultants.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Dynamic Capabilities and Strategic Management
• Publisher: Oxford University Press, GB
• Publication Date: 2011
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0199691908
• ISBN 13: 9780199691906
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition: Reprint.
• Condition: New
• Dimensions: 21.34W x 13.46H x 2.03D centimeters 21.34 centimeters width by 13.46 centimeters height by 2.03 centimeters depth
• Weight: 388 grams

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Synopsis

How do firms grow? How do firms compete? David Teece lays out his theories on dynamic capabilities to explain.

About the Author

David J. Teece is Chaired Professor of Haas Business School at the University of California, Berkeley. He has been included on the "A-List of Management Academics 2011" by Business Educators, an orgazination which seeks to facilitate collaborations between business academics and professionals.