"Drivers of Capability Reconfiguration: Performance feedback, capability gaps, and network mechanisms"

Abstract

This symposium aims to identify and explore key drivers of reconfiguration of firm capabilities. Following emergent consensus in the dynamic capabilities literature, we define capability reconfiguration broadly as the process by which a firm significantly changes how it does what it does, transforming existing capabilities in the face of change. While a few key theoretical and empirical studies have recognized this as an important and fertile area for research, we still know relatively little about the triggers that initiate reconfiguration and the processes through which this occurs. Our symposium seeks to begin to address knowledge gaps, uniquely focusing on internal drivers of capability reconfiguration. In addition to an opening “keynote” speaker to kick off the session, this session will feature the presentation of three papers and a discussant that will unify the themes presented across the papers and suggest related avenues for future capability reconfiguration related research. Capability Reconfiguration through Performance Feedback Presenter: Ari Dothan; Technion Israel Institute of Technology Presenter: Dovev Lavie; Technion Israel Institute of Technology Organization Architecture and Dynamic Capabilities Presenter: Jason Davis; Massachusetts Institute of Technology Capability Gaps and Reconfiguration: Sales force strategy in the medical technology industry Presenter: Aaron Chatterji; Duke U. Presenter: Colleen Cunningham; Duke U.