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Organization, Evolution, Cognition and Dynamic Capabilities
Nooteboom,B.
Nooteboom,B.
Abstract
Using insights from 'embodied cognition' and a resulting 'cognitive theory of the firm', I aim to contribute to the further development of evolutionary theory of organizations, in the specification of organizations as 'interactors' that carry organizational competencies as 'replicators', within industries as 'populations'.Especially, I analyze how, if at all, 'dynamic capabilities' can be fitted into evolutionary theory.I propose that the prime purpose of an organization is to serve as a cognitive 'focusing device'.Here, cognition has a wide meaning, including perception, interpretation, sense making, and value judgements.I analyse how this yields organizations as cohesive wholes, and differences within and between industries.I propose the following sources of variation: replication in communication, novel combinations of existing knowledge, and a path of discovery by which exploitation leads to exploration. These yield a proposal for dynamic capabilities.I discuss in what sense, and to what extent these sources of variation are 'blind' , as postulated in evolutionary theory.
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Subsequently published in ICFAI Journal of Managerial Economics, 2007 Pagination: 23
Date
2006
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Organization
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organization, evolution, cognition, dynamic capabilities, learning, invention, D21 - Firm Behavior: Theory, L22 - Firm Organization and Market Structure, O31 - Innovation and Invention: Processes and Incentives
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Nooteboom, B 2006 'Organization, Evolution, Cognition and Dynamic Capabilities' CentER Discussion Paper, vol. 2006-41, Organization, Tilburg.
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