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Dynamic Capabilities And Resilient Organizations Amid Environmental Jolts, Stav Fainshmidt Apr 2014

Dynamic Capabilities And Resilient Organizations Amid Environmental Jolts, Stav Fainshmidt

Theses and Dissertations in Business Administration

Despite a growing body of research on dynamic capabilities, their contribution to competitive advantage and firm performance, as well as their origins remain unclear. This three-essay dissertation integrates the literatures on dynamic capabilities, environmental jolts, and imprinting theory to examine the following research questions:

1) What is the relationship between dynamic capabilities and firm performance?

2) How do dynamic capabilities influence firm performance during environmental jolts? and

3) What is the role of industry conditions in the development of dynamic capabilities and the dynamic capabilities-performance relationship?

While several scholars have suggested that dynamic capabilities should lead to superior firm performance, …