Made available in DSpace on 2016-03-15T19:31:06Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 Eduardo Jardim Ushiro.pdf: 1661209 bytes, checksum: aff20ed0fc60e71f438b93a8135fc329 (MD5) Previous issue date: 2015-04-07 / The main objective of this research is to understand how resources, capabilities and business strategies for seeking competitive advantage are treated in companies that work with low differentiation products and services in dynamic environment when subjected to ruptures. As a theoretical foundation it was used the resource-based view (RBV), including the concepts of competitive advantage, value creation, generic strategies and dynamic capabilities. The chosen dynamic market was from prepaid cards for travel, loaded with foreign currency, which was impacted by government rule changes in 2011 and 2013. It was adopted an exploratory descriptive study in a qualitative methodology. The survey was conducted considering perceptions from the point of view of managers. A multiple cases study was held in which twelve executives were interviewed through a semi-structured script, in four companies (Midsize Bank, Brokerage Exchange, Exchange Bank and Retail Banking), representing for 77% of Travel Prepaid Card market share, The data was treated and analyzed based on content analysis method. It was noted that the resources had their strategic attributes modified and their relevance has changed, specifically in the cases studied. It was possible to observe a change in the way the companies manage existing resources and capabilities, incorporating new and transforming others. However, it seems that companies have not looked systematically and intentionally to their resource and capabilities base in times of sudden environment changes. It was also observed that the strategic positioning remained unchanged regardless of environmental changes. In short, the strategic management of resources and capabilities becomes more complex in dynamic environments with sudden changes. / Esta tese tem como objetivo entender de que maneira são tratados recursos, capacidades e estratégias de negócios, voltadas à busca de vantagem competitiva nas empresas que atuam com produtos e serviços de baixa diferenciação, em ambientes dinâmicos quando sujeitos a alterações repentinas. Como fundamentação teórica utilizou-se a visão baseada em recursos (VBR), incluídos os conceitos de vantagem competitiva, criação de valor, estratégias genéricas e capacidades dinâmicas. O mercado dinâmico escolhido foi o de emissores de cartões pré-pagos de viagem, carregados com moeda estrangeira, que sofreu impactos pelas alterações de regras do governo em 2011 e 2013. O trabalho adotou um estudo exploratório descritivo e utilizou a metodologia qualitativa. As percepções foram captadas do ponto de vista dos gestores. Foi realizado um estudo de casos múltiplos, em que foram entrevistados por meio de roteiro semi-estruturado com perguntas abertas, doze executivos de quatro empresas (Banco Médio Porte, Corretora de Câmbio, Banco de Câmbio e Banco de Varejo),representando 77% do volume dos negócios do mercado de cartões pré-pagos de viagem. Os dados foram tratados e analisados com base nas técnicas da análise de conteúdo. Identificou-se que os recursos tiveram os seus atributos estratégicos modificados e que a sua relevância foi alterada, especificamente nos casos estudados. Foi possível observar uma mudança na maneira com que as empresas participantes da pesquisa trataram alguns recursos e capacidades existentes, a incorporação de novos e a necessidade de transformação de outros.Entretanto, parece que as empresas não olharam de maneira sistemática e intencional para a sua base de recursos e capacidades nos momentos de alterações repentinas em seus ambientes.Observou-se também que o posicionamento estratégico neste negócio permaneceu inalterado independente das mudanças ambientais ocorridas. Em resumo, a gestão estratégica de recursos e capacidades se torna mais complexa nos ambientes dinâmicos com alterações repentinas.

Made available in DSpace on 2016-04-15T00:46:12Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 2 Luciane de Campo Moda1.pdf: 1467663 bytes, checksum: 5a9b37ce56ee55841983b058ff392c3a (MD5) Luciane de Campo Moda2.pdf: 2402399 bytes, checksum: 8c2d994a143e0593e7319d5643ec0009 (MD5) Previous issue date: 2006-03-14 / Authors such as BARNEY (1991, 2001), HAMEL and PRAHALAD (1995) argue that the Resources of the Firm can be an important source of competitive advantage. Despite the fact that these sources are represented by several resources (a strategy, a product, a competitive differential), several studies say that the capacity of the Firm in promoting organizational learning, are fundamental to obtain sustained competitive advantage. The theories show that organizational core competencies, source of innovation, need to be mapped and improved continuously, in an organizational learning process. Therefore, a People Management Model that promotes double looping learning and innovation will be a source of sustainable competitive advantage. This study intends to investigate how the trinomial: Innovation, Organizational Learning and People Management Model, happen in a company that identifies itself as an innovative company. / Autores como BARNEY (1991, 2001), HAMEL e PRAHALAD (1995) colocam que os Recursos da Firma podem ser importantes fontes de vantagem competitiva. Apesar dessas fontes estarem representadas por diferentes recursos (uma estratégia, um produto, um diferencial competitivo), diversos estudos colocam que a capacidade da Firma em promover a aprendizagem organizacional mostra-se fundamental para a obtenção de inovação e conseqüentemente vantagem competitiva sustentável. As teorias mostram que as competências essenciais da organização, fonte de inovação, necessitam ser mapeadas e aprimoradas, em um processo contínuo de aprendizagem organizacional. Logo, um modelo de gestão de pessoas que promova a aprendizagem em circuito duplo e a inovação será fonte de vantagem competitiva sustentável. Este projeto de pesquisa pretende investigar como o trinômio: Inovação, Aprendizagem Organizacional e Modelo de Gestão de Pessoas se interligam em uma empresa que se auto identifica como inovadora.

Made available in DSpace on 2016-04-18T18:50:03Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 2 Joao Paulo Cavalcante Lima1.pdf: 2792912 bytes, checksum: 5e2dacb5ddc13342ab20c0100dee96df (MD5) Joao Paulo Cavalcante Lima2.pdf: 1725929 bytes, checksum: e89c44c30b15d52346ce7dc6d8c19041 (MD5) Previous issue date: 2010-08-03 / Fundo Mackenzie de Pesquisa / According to the Resource Based View (RBV), Human Resources (HR) are presented as a major factor in the search for competitiveness. Therefore, it is common to find studies that show people as valuable resources, rare, non-replaceable and non-imitable. Thus, people are considered, at least in discourse, such as Intellectual Capital, as scarce and hardly imitable, are seen as generators of value and therefore, as a strategic resource and source of competitive advantage. This study sought to identify those attributes relevant to the management of Intellectual Capital, according to the perception of managers of Sanofi Aventis Brazil from the perspective of the Resource Based View (RBV) in order to propose indicators for the management of these elements, aligned economic environment of the pharmaceutical industry. The research is a case study, supported by a protocol, and which held the triangulation of information obtained in the content analysis of interviews and statistical analysis of data obtained by questionnaire. Factor analysis was used for data reduction. The results showed that there is alignment between the perception of senior management with an insight into operational management. / De acordo com a Visão Baseada em Recursos (VBR), os Recursos Humanos (RH) são apresentados como um dos principais fatores na busca por competitividade. Diante disso, é freqüente encontrar-se estudos que apontam pessoas como recursos valiosos, raros, não-substituíveis e não-imitáveis. Assim, as pessoas são consideradas, ao menos no discurso, como Capital Intelectual, como recurso raro e dificilmente imitável, são vistas como geradoras de valor e, portanto, como recurso estratégico e fonte de vantagem competitiva. Este estudo buscou identificar quais são os atributos relevantes para a gestão do Capital Intelectual, de acordo com a percepção dos gestores da Sanofi Aventis Brasil sob a ótica da Visão Baseada em Recursos (VBR) de forma a se propor indicadores de gestão desses elementos, alinhado ao ambiente econômico de uma indústria farmacêutica. A pesquisa é um estudo de caso, apoiado em um protocolo, e para a qual realizou-se a triangulação das informações obtidas na análise de conteúdo das entrevistas e nas análises estatísticas dos dados obtidos com o questionário. Foi usada a análise fatorial para redução dos dados. Os resultados apontaram que existe alinhamento entre a percepção da alta gestão com a percepção da gerencia operacional.

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No. of bitstreams: 3 Tese - José Milton de Sousa Filho - vFinal.pdf: 2121088 bytes, checksum: f34ee196cec80f954abee65bfa62f18e (MD5) Tese - José Milton de Sousa Filho - vFinal.pdf: 2121088 bytes, checksum: f34ee196cec80f954abee65bfa62f18e (MD5) Tese - José Milton de Sousa Filho - vFinal.pdf: 2121088 bytes, checksum: f34ee196cec80f954abee65bfa62f18e (MD5) Previous issue date: 2013-08-12 / O presente estudo trata da ‘Estratégia Socioambiental Baseada em Recursos e seu Impacto na Criação de Ambiguidade Causal’ e se propôs a responder a seguinte pergunta de pesquisa: Qual a relação entre estratégia socioambiental baseada em recursos e ambiguidade causal? Mais especificamente, trata criação de ambiguidade causal através da estratégia socioambiental baseada em recursos e capacidades, desta forma, faz sentido teórico considerar a ambiguidade causal como variável dependente, sendo as capacidades socioambientais variáveis independentes (preditoras). Nessa linha, as capacidades baseadas em recursos socioambientais possuem as características causalmente ambíguas preconizadas por Reed e DeFillippi (1990), a saber, tacitividade, complexidade e especificidade. Tais características são essenciais para que o recurso ou capacidade tenha o potencial de gerar ambiguidade causal. Com base no referencial teórico foi estabelecido quais recursos e capacidades tem estreita ligação com as questões socioambientais, ao mesmo tempo em que possuem características causalmente ambíguas. Assim, os seguintes recursos e capacidades emergiram do campo teórico, (a) orientação socioambiental, (b) engajamento com stakeholders, (c) aperfeiçoamento ambiental, e (d) capital humano. Utilizando a técnica estatística regressão linear múltipla, a variável dependente ambiguidade causal foi regredida em função das variáveis independentes que formaram cada um dos quatro citados construtos. Como resultado, apenas as variáveis governança corporativa (construto orientação socioambiental) e sociedade/comunidade (construto engajamento com stakeholders) mostraram-se impactantes positivamente sobre a ambiguidade causal. Por fim, a utilização da ambiguidade causal como variável dependente é fato novo e relevante nos estudos da área de RBV, bem como sua relação com a estratégia socioambiental. Deste modo, pode-se afirmar que os resultados desta pesquisa exploratória tem potencial para ampliar as discussões na intersecção dos estudos de RBV e RSAE, bem como, abre diversas possibilidades para futuras pesquisa, conforme colocado nas conclusões do presente trabalho. / This work is about 'Social and Environmental Resource-Based Strategy and its Impact on the Causal Ambiguity' and aim to answer the following research question: What is the relationship between social and environmental resource-based strategy and causal ambiguity? More specifically, the creation of causal ambiguity through social and environmental resources and capabilities, so it makes sense to consider causal ambiguity as a dependent variable, and the social and environmental capabilities independent variables (predictors). In this line, social and environmental capabilities have causally ambiguous characteristics advocated by Reed and DeFillippi (1990), namely, tacitness, complexity and specificity. These characteristics are essential for the resource or capability has the potential to generate causal ambiguity. Based on the theoretical framework, I established which resources and capabilities is closely linked to social and environmental issues, while having causally ambiguous characteristics. Thus, the following resources and capabilities emerge from the literature, (a) social and environmental orientation, (b) stakeholder engagement, (c) environmental improvement, and (d) human capital. Using multiple linear regression, the dependent variable (causal ambiguity) was regressed in function of the independent variables (that formed the four mentioned constructs). As a result, only corporate governance (social and environmental orientation construct) and society / community (stakeholder engagement construct) impacted positively on the causal ambiguity. Finally, the use of causal ambiguity as a dependent variable is a really new and relevant for future studies in the RBV, as well as the relationship between social and environmental strategy and causal ambiguity. Thus, it can be stated that the results of this exploratory research have potential to broaden the discussion on the intersection of RBV and CSER studies, and open several possibilities for future research, as marked in the conclusions of this work.

本研究使用資金成本(cost of capital)、信用供給(credit supply)和資源基礎理論（resource-based view）來探討政府政策與公司投資決策的關係。在資金成本(cost of capital）理論的解釋下，政府政策實施後，企業外部融資成本的下降使企業無謂的損失減少，增加企業投資的動機。同時本研究使用信用供給(credit supply)理論來解釋當政府政策增加金融市場的信用供給後，企業外部融資限制的降低促使其進行投資。結果顯示在資源基礎理論（resource-based view）之下，國家政策對公司投資決策產生顯著的影響，並不是透過改變公司的外部融資條件實現。 / Our research used the cost of capital credit supply and resource-based view to explain the changing in investment decisions after implement policy. The government policy effect will increase the willingness of investment. Meanwhile, we used the credit supply theory to explain the changing of external financing constraints in companies increases investment. Our results showed that based on the resource-based view, government policy significantly affects the investment decisions without having impact on external financing.

Ever since its conception, Intellectual Capital has undergone substantial transformation both in terms of its general definition and its prevalence in external reports. Although consistently focusing on intangibles, over time, intellectual capital has become an area focused on intangibles in accordance with the basic principles of the Resource-Based View regarding how assets can be used to acquire sustainable superior performance. Proponents of intellectual capital adhere to its framework and classification of different intangibles, claiming that it offers increased understanding as to how value is derived from intangible assets. The understanding of the measurement and subsequent reporting of intellectual capital being value creating is, however, a disputed claim. The field of intellectual capital has also been stated to be suffering from a lack of empirical studies focused on specific sectors. Although organisations from among the banking sector have been included in empirical studies within the realm of intellectual capital, there are few such studies which include Swedish banks, let alone studies focused on the Swedish bank sector. The question of whether organisations among the Swedish banking sector are dedicating themselves towards measuring intangible assets included in the intellectual capital framework has so far not been closely studied. Neither has a study focused on exploring the underlying motivations as to why organisations within this sector would choose to dedicate themselves to such work been made. By means of a qualitative research method focused on interviews with respondents from three banks belonging to the Swedish banking sector, this study demonstrates that although intellectual capital is virtually unknown within the sector, examples of the organisations’ measuring practises of intangibles included in the intellectual capital framework are numerous. By implementing resourced-based view and legitimacy theory, the primary motivation behind organisations implementing such measurements is suggested to primarily be to better understand and utilise the resource. The findings of this study also suggest that disclosure of intellectual capital is not viewed as legitimising, despite similarities between organisations in the sector leading to expressed wishes of certain intangibles being disclosed for differentiation purposes. / Intellektuellt Kapital har gått igenom en omfattande förvandling både vad gäller dess generella definition och sin utbredning i externa rapporter sedan begreppet först myntades. Även om begreppet konsekvent har fokuserat på immateriella tillgångar har intellektuellt kapital, över tid, blivit ett område där immateriella tillgångar behandlas i enhet med de grundläggande antaganden hos Resursbaserad Teori i fråga om hur tillgångar kan användas för att uppnå varaktiga konkurrensfördelar. Förespråkare av intellektuellt kapital ansluter sig till dess ramverk och klassificering av olika immateriella tillgångar och påstår att det erbjuder en ökad förståelse gällande hur värde härleds från dessa tillgångar. Huruvida mätningen och följaktiga rapportering av intellektuellt kapital är värdeskapande är däremot ett omtvistat område. Intellektuellt kapital har även hävdats lida av en brist av empiriska studier fokuserade på specifika sektorer. Även fast organisationer från banksektorn har varit inkluderade i empiriska studier inom området intellektuellt kapital så finns det få sådana studier som inkluderar svenska banker, för att inte tala om studier som fokuserar på den svenska banksektorn. Frågan om huruvida organisationer från den svenska banksektorn aktivt mäter immateriella tillgångar som inkluderas i ramverket av intellektuellt kapital har hittills inte studerats grundligt. Inte heller har en studie gjorts som fokuserar på att utforska de underliggande motivationerna varför organisationer inom denna sektor skulle ägna sig åt sådant arbete. Genom en kvalitativ studie baserad på intervjuer med respondenter från tre banker från den svenska banksektorn demonstrerar denna studie att trots att intellektuellt kapital är praktiskt taget okänt inom sektorn så återfinns ett flertal exempel av mätning av immateriella tillgångar som inkluderas i ramverket hos intellektuellt kapital bland dessa organisationer. Genom implementering av resursbaserad teori och legitimitetsteorin så framgår att den huvudsakliga orsaken till att organisationer implementerar sådan mätning är att få ökad förståelse för resursen och bättre kan utnyttja den. Resultaten visar även på att redovisning av intellektuellt kapital inte ses som legitimerande, trots att likheter mellan organisationer i den svenska banksektorn tycks leda till att vissa immateriella tillgångar redovisas för att organisationen ska kunna differentiera sig från sina konkurrenter.

Submitted by Nadir Basilio (nadirsb@uninove.br) on 2015-11-03T20:00:10Z No. of bitstreams: 1 Andre Luiz Spinelli Schelini.pdf: 3106922 bytes, checksum: 850f251e3ff6e168bed2787804516a04 (MD5) / Made available in DSpace on 2015-11-03T20:00:10Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 Andre Luiz Spinelli Schelini.pdf: 3106922 bytes, checksum: 850f251e3ff6e168bed2787804516a04 (MD5) Previous issue date: 2015-03-12 / Firms face challenges of various natures in different competitive environments, depending on the target market, the business model and corporate strategies. Operate in international markets is a constant challenge on the schedule of firms in the global environment to start their internationalization process. Are challenges since the capitalization of resources, new markets and customers, development of competencies and capabilities, directed to the strategic formation of the company's internationalization, among others. This study focuses on three theoretical areas: project management, internationalization of companies and the resource-based view (RBV). Thus defined the following research question: "How the project management maturity contributes to internationalization of Brazilian companies from the perspective of resource-based view?” Particularly analyzed the contributions of mature project management for internationalization features in international Brazilian companies from the RBV-VRIO analysis, ie, examined whether the mature nature of the management of projects adopted by the selected companies are considered strategic resources, with implications competitive, sustainable competitive advantage for the company. The research strategy adopted was a multiple case study of descriptive exploratory approach within-case analysis and cross-case method, in internationalized Brazilian companies from different business segments. As a result, the study found that the project management features: sustainability of the project, involvement of stakeholders, defining objectives and strategies, change management and risk management, have the greatest contribution to the internationalization of selected companies, with implication of competitive advantage sustainable, considering the RBV-VRIO analysis. Thus, the research presents contributions for companies that are or intend to initiate a process of internationalization, so the process is clearer and driven to a better use of market opportunities. / As empresas enfrentam desafios de diversas naturezas em diferentes ambientes competitivos, dependendo do mercado-alvo, do modelo do negócio e das estratégias corporativas. Atuar em mercados internacionais é um desafio constante na pauta das empresas no ambiente globalizado ao iniciar seu processo de internacionalização. São desafios desde a capitalização de recursos, conquista de novos mercados e clientes, desenvolvimento de competências e capacidades, instruídas para a formação estratégica de internacionalização da empresa, entre outros. Este estudo concentra-se em três eixos teóricos: a gestão de projetos, a internacionalização de empresas e a visão baseada em recursos (RBV). Assim, definiu-se a seguinte questão de pesquisa: “Como a maturidade em gestão de projetos contribui para internacionalização de empresas brasileiras sob a ótica da visão baseada em recursos?”. Particularmente foram analisadas as contribuições das características da gestão madura de projetos para internacionalização em empresas brasileiras internacionais a partir da análise RBV-VRIO, ou seja, analisou se as características maduras da gestão de projetos adotados pelas empresas selecionadas são consideradas como recursos estratégicos, com implicação competitiva, de uma vantagem competitiva sustentável para empresa. A estratégia de pesquisa adotada foi de estudo de múltiplos casos, de abordagem exploratória descritiva com método de análise inter-caso e intra-caso, em empresas brasileiras internacionalizadas de diferentes segmentos empresariais. Como resultado, o estudo identificou que as características da gestão de projetos: sustentabilidade do projeto, envolvimento dos stakeholders, definição de objetivos e estratégias, gerenciamento da mudança e gerenciamento de riscos, possuem alta contribuição para internacionalização das empresas selecionadas, com implicação de vantagem competitiva sustentável, considerando a análise RBV-VRIO. Com isso, a pesquisa apresenta contribuições para as empresas que estão ou pretendem iniciar um processo de internacionalização, de forma que o processa seja mais claro e orientado para um melhor aproveitamento das oportunidades de mercado.

With rapidly advancing technologies and digital innovations, companies face the need to adapt to the new digital world and to digitally transform their business models. For executing the digital transformation process, more and more companies decide to entrust a new C-level manager with all challenges and complexity arising from digital transformation, the Chief Digital Officer (CDO). As the CDO position is still fairly new, research in this field is limited and requires further attention by scholars. Therefore, this study aims to address three fundamental research questions concerning the nature of the CDO position and corresponding implications not only to inform practitioners but also to enrich the scholarly discussion on CDOs. By understanding existing literature on CDOs based on a systematic literature review, this thesis answers the first research question regarding what characterizes the CDO position. Building on these insights and drawing from a comprehensive theoretical framework consisting of upper echelons theory, contingency theory, human capital theory and the resource-based view, hypotheses are developed for answering research questions two and three. While the second research question focuses on factors, which influence CDO presence within a company, the third research question addresses the impact of a CDO on company performance. Based on a large-scale sample of panel data comprised of S&P 500 companies, generalized estimating equations models, propensity score matching and fixed effects regression models are exploited in order to derive answers for both research questions two and three. As influencing factors for CDO presence, the results show that especially early tenure CEOs and CEOs of larger companies are more likely to employ a CDO. Although no evidence can be observed for positive performance implications of CDOs, also given different company contingencies, the insights of this study's analyses show that certain CDO characteristics as well as in combination with CIO presence and varying CEO characteristics are more favorable over others in terms of company performance measured by return on assets and Tobin's Q.

This study consisted of two distinct research phases, performed within the context of the South African Council for Science and Industrial Research (and its current and potential research alliances). The purpose of the study was to develop a decision making model that would enable strategists at publicly financed research and development organisations to analyse and predict governance mode decisions, as well as select optimal governance mode structures (ranging from quasi-market structures, such as once-off contracts, to quasi-hierarchy structures, such as research joint ventures) for research alliances. During the qualitative first phase, the study aimed to identify impact domains within South Africa’s new Bayh-Dole-like Intellectual Property Rights legislative framework that consists of the Intellectual Property Rights from Publicly Financed Research and Development Act, as well as the Technology Innovation Agency Act, which could potentially influence research alliances (based on the Transactional Cost Economics, Resource-based View and Real Options Approach perspectives) with publicly financed research and development organisations. This was followed by the quantitative second phase, which attempted to verify the validity of a value-mediated governance mode model that included the highest ranked impact domains identified during the first phase as formative indicators for the perceived Intellectual Property Rights regime strength uncertainty factor. A qualitative online survey amongst senior managers at the Council for Science and Industrial Research, followed by Theme Extraction combined with Constant Comparative Method analysis, as well as a weighted frequency analysis, constituted the research methodology employed during the first phase’s identification and ranking of impact domains within the South African legislative framework. This phase demonstrated that the highest ranked impact domains (primarily driven by the Transactional Cost Economics perspective) included the choice of Intellectual Property Rights ownership, state walk-in rights on undeclared Intellectual Property, and benefit-sharing policies for the creators of Intellectual Property. The second phase consisted of a quantitative online survey, distributed amongst current and potential research alliance partners of the Council for Science and Industrial Research, followed by Structural Equation Modelling of a value-mediated governance model that included, amongst others, the perceived Intellectual Property Rights regime strength as an uncertainty factor. This phase revealed not only that the impact domains identified during the first phase could be used as formative indicators of the perceived Intellectual Property Rights regime strength, but also that stronger perceived regimes are positively related to the preference for quasi-hierarchy research alliance governance modes. Furthermore, it established that the expected value of a research alliance, which was shown to be positively influenced by the strength of the perceived Intellectual Property Rights regime, acted as a mediating factor on the relationship between the perceived Intellectual Property Rights regime strength and the preferred research alliance governance mode. Keywords: Bayh-Dole, Formative Indicators, Intellectual Property Rights, Research Alliances, Real Options Approach, Resource-based View, Quasi-Market Governance Modes, Quasi- Hierarchy Governance Modes, Structural Equation Modelling, Transactional Cost Economics, Value-mediated Governance Model. Copyright / Dissertation (MBA)--University of Pretoria, 2012. / Gordon Institute of Business Science (GIBS) / unrestricted

This publication-based dissertation examines the phenomenon of incumbent adaptation to changing environments with a dynamic capabilities perspective. Its core consists of four research papers that are self-contained and have been developed to be published in double-blind peer-reviewed academic journals. This intellectual body is framed with an introduction (Section 1) that introduces the current state of research on dynamic capabilities, summarizes the four research papers, and presents the current publication status of the work; the concluding Section 6 presents the overall contributions, limitations, and avenues for future research. The first research paper (Section 2) is a systematic literature review of empirical studies that identify idiosyncratic dynamic capabilities in practice. Its main finding is a taxonomy of dynamic capabilities that introduces 19 dynamic subcapabilities and connects them to existing conceptual literature. The second research paper (Section 3) is a longitudinal single case study of Axel Springer, a leading media corporation that has exercised dynamic capabilities to convert from a print publisher to an internet company. The study finds iterations, overlaps, and interconnections between sensing, seizing, and transforming. Based on the findings, a generalized conceptual model for dynamic capabilities in incumbent adaptation is constructed. For the third research paper (Section 4) an action research approach is applied to explore how managers’ mental models can engender erroneous resource cognition. The study discovers five cognitive biases that may distort resource cognition. The fourth research paper (Section 5) is a teaching case study building on the strategic challenge for Somedia, a Swiss media firm, to diversify from its declining legacy business by leveraging its resources and capabilities. This publication-based dissertation enhances the understanding of incumbent adaptation and presents applicable implications and recommendations for practitioners.