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The evolution of innovative capabilities: a longitudinal, embedded case study

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This paper explores the evolution of innovative organizational capabilities. Using a longitudinal, embedded case study, we analyze how the Industrial Technology Research Institute (ITRI), a Taiwan-based public research institute, developed and advanced its capability over time through a series of technology development projects from the 1970s to the early 2010s. Our study reveals that capability development is linked to the way organizations exploit and utilize their capabilities and continually renew, develop, and transform their capability paths by exploring and interacting with new technology.

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  • Shih-Chang Hung, 2024. "The evolution of innovative capabilities: a longitudinal, embedded case study," Journal of Evolutionary Economics, Springer, vol. 34(4), pages 901-925, December.
    • Handle: RePEc:spr:joevec:v:34:y:2024:i:4:d:10.1007_s00191-024-00875-5
    DOI: 10.1007/s00191-024-00875-5
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    Keywords

    Capability evolution; Organizational learning; Organizational routine; Exploration–exploitation; Case study;
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    JEL classification:

    • O14 - Economic Development, Innovation, Technological Change, and Growth - - Economic Development - - - Industrialization; Manufacturing and Service Industries; Choice of Technology
    • O32 - Economic Development, Innovation, Technological Change, and Growth - - Innovation; Research and Development; Technological Change; Intellectual Property Rights - - - Management of Technological Innovation and R&D
    • O33 - Economic Development, Innovation, Technological Change, and Growth - - Innovation; Research and Development; Technological Change; Intellectual Property Rights - - - Technological Change: Choices and Consequences; Diffusion Processes
    • O36 - Economic Development, Innovation, Technological Change, and Growth - - Innovation; Research and Development; Technological Change; Intellectual Property Rights - - - Open Innovation
    • H54 - Public Economics - - National Government Expenditures and Related Policies - - - Infrastructures
    • L32 - Industrial Organization - - Nonprofit Organizations and Public Enterprise - - - Public Enterprises; Public-Private Enterprises

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