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Capabilities for growth

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  • Ron Kemp
  • R.L.C. Philipsen

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This study explores firm growth and its relation with firm-specific capabilities. Organisations can benefit from growth in many ways, including greater efficiencies through economies of scale, increased power, the ability to withstand environmental change, increased profits and increased prestige for organizational members. The second element of research in this study, firm-specific capabilities, refers to the ability to integrate, build and reconfigure internal and external competencies to address rapidly changing environments. The fields of growth and capabilities seem to be complementary. However, the exact relationship currently seems to be underdeveloped. In this study, an attempt is made to incorporate the development of capabilities in the process of organisational growth. The following issues are addressed: The way organisations strive to grow, the manner in which firm-specific capabilities are incorporated and translated into the corporate strategy and whether these companies have succeeded.

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  • Ron Kemp & R.L.C. Philipsen, 2003. "Capabilities for growth," Scales Research Reports N200313, EIM Business and Policy Research.
    • Handle: RePEc:eim:papers:n200313
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    1. Joanna Radomska & Cyprian Kozyra, 2020. "Awareness of strategy execution barriers in decision-making process: moderated mediation analysis," DECISION: Official Journal of the Indian Institute of Management Calcutta, Springer;Indian Institute of Management Calcutta, vol. 47(1), pages 61-78, March.
    2. A. Arrighetti & A. Ninni, 2009. "Firm size and growth opportunities: a survey," Economics Department Working Papers 2009-EP05, Department of Economics, Parma University (Italy).

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