The formalization of organizational capabilities and learning: results and challenges

Giovanni Dosi, Marco Faillo (), Virginia Cecchini Manara, Luigi Marengo and Daniele Moschella ()

LEM Papers Series from Laboratory of Economics and Management (LEM), Sant'Anna School of Advanced Studies, Pisa, Italy

Abstract: This work offers an overview of recent formalizations of organizational capabilities and learning. We first present the main characteristics both of NK models and of the approach based on Classifier Systems, focusing on their early applications to organization studies. We then discuss how the use of these models has contributed, in the recent years, to the formal analysis of the development and change of firmùs dynamic capabilities by improving our understanding of processes of organizational learning and adaptation, and of the relationship between cognitive and governance issues.

Keywords: Capabilities; Decomposability; Organizational structure; Problem-solving (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2017
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