Organizational Economics of Capability and Heterogeneity
梳理了企业能力理论与组织经济学之间长期存在的分歧,指出能力问题与组织边界和内部治理密不可分,并提出先关注能力治理、再关注治理能力的研究议程。
For decades, the literatures on firm capabilities and organizational economics have been at odds with each other, specifically relative to explaining organizational boundaries and heterogeneity. We briefly trace the history of the relationship between the capabilities literature and organizational economics, and we point to the dominance of a “capabilities first” logic in this relationship. We argue that capabilities considerations are inherently intertwined with questions about organizational boundaries and internal organization, and we use this point to respond to the prevalent capabilities first logic. We offer an integrative research agenda that focuses first on the governance of capabilities and then on the capability of governance.