Going Practical on the Core Competence Concept: On Links, Levels, Time and Context

Ljungquist, Urban

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“…While the exploration of new knowledge and the exploitation of current knowledge are both of strategic importance (Ljungquist, 2013), their simultaneous management requires organisational ambidexterity (De Visser and Faems, 2015;O'Reilly and Tushman, 2011). This is, in itself, a dynamic organisational capability (Liu, 2006;Mudambi and Swift, 2014) from which competitive advantage can be derived (O'Reilly and Tushman, 2011).…”

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Paradoxes and partnerships: a study of knowledge exploration and exploitation in international development programmes

Lannon

Walsh

2019

JKM

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Purpose This paper aims to look at how organisational partnerships balance knowledge exploration and exploitation in contexts that are rife with paradoxes. It draws on paradox theory to examine the partnership’s response to the explore-exploit relationship. Design/methodology/approach A multiple interpretive case study was used to examine international partnerships in three African countries. These partnerships were between international (Northern-based) non-governmental organisations and local African non-governmental organisations. Findings The research finds that within the partnership, knowledge exploration and exploitation exist as a duality rather than a dualism. This is supported by the acceptance and confrontation of paradoxes of performing and belonging. However, macro-level paradoxes of organising linked to power, culture and epistemologies inhibit further effective confrontation of the explore-exploit paradox. Practical implications The findings can help managers working in international development organisations to understand how learning is enabled and constrained in partnership-based programmes. Originality/value The study provides a novel contribution to knowledge management by applying the paradox perspective to the explore-exploit relationship. This paper extends previous work by drawing on the levels and repertoires present in the paradox perspective to understand how knowledge exploration and exploitation can be mutually reinforcing and can exist as a duality.

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Paradoxes and partnerships: a study of knowledge exploration and exploitation in international development programmes

Lannon

Walsh

2019

JKM

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“…One framework for understanding this involves classifying innovations themselves as either incremental or radical. Incremental innovations represent relatively less change from the status quo, enhancing “current business” with a “shorter time lag for performance effects than radical innovation.” Radical innovations represent relatively more or even fundamental change from the status quo, developing new business within a longer time frame for performance than incremental innovation (Ljungquist, 2013, p. 226).…”

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“…Another framework for understanding this second contribution of core competencies involves classifying modes of innovation as either exploitation or exploration. Exploitation involves “rapid core competence development, though it comes with low expected market impact” (Ljungquist, 2013, p. 227). Exploration involves longer term core competence development, with “a higher expected market impact.”…”

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Corporate Core Competencies’ Essence, Contexts, Discovery, and Future: A Call to Action for Executives and Researchers

Edgar

Lockwood

2021

Sage Open

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Research and managerial literatures on core competencies present them as essential to corporations because these competencies, proposed by the literatures to be difficult to acquire and imitate, are applied repeatedly to produce products and services delivering value to customers and wealth to corporations. Indeed, researchers and managers consider the significance of core competencies to be immense as they are the central intellectual means through which corporations produce valuable products and services. Paradoxically, though, rather than providing a clear, focused description, or picture, of what core competencies are and how they contribute to their host corporations, these same literatures present a sprawling, even fragmented picture of core competencies’ essence and contribution.In contrast, this book presents a clear empirical model of corporations’ core competencies’ essence; provides a clear conceptual treatment of how core competencies’ contextual, corporate contributions occur; presents valid methodologies for discovering and understanding corporations’ specific core competencies; and delineates an agenda for executives and researchers to collaborate in learning about core competencies and in using them to provide value for corporate stakeholders, especially customers. The book also places core competencies within their historical and social context, and it presents conceptual and methodological tools to assist in managing and discovering them.

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“…At home, Zeng jinming [1] puts forward feasible Suggestions for the improvement of core competitiveness of third-party logistics enterprises in China by using fuzzy comprehensive evaluation methods for the core competitiveness of third-party logistics enterprises. Du Yi [2] in studies of the third party logistics enterprise core competitive ability is proposed in, using the SWOT analysis of the factors influencing the core competence of weights, for Suzhou third party logistics enterprise core competitive power evaluation and ascension offers certain theoretical reference value. Zhang Haiyan [3] puts forward how to improve the core competitiveness of pharmaceutical logistics enterprises.…”

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Research on the Identification of the Core Competence of Pharmaceutical Logistics Enterprises Guided by Service

Li¹,

Yang²

2018

2017 3rd International Conference on Innovation Develpment of E-Commerce and Logistics (ICIDEL 2017)

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Abstract:With the rapid development of science and technology and acceleration of economic globalization, many companies begin outsourcing logistics, release time and attach attention to the development of the main business enterprises, which will provide favorable conditions for the development of logistics enterprises, greatly promote the development of the third party logistics. But the pharmaceutical logistics enterprises did not in a good position in the fierce competition, the reason lies in the lack of core competitiveness. So the medical logistics enterprise must adjust the strategic direction of development, development of the core competitiveness of enterprises on the basis of positioning difference from other enterprises, in order to obtain better development. This paper analyzes the current situation of the development of pharmaceutical logistics enterprises in China, studies the effect of core competitiveness of pharmaceutical logistics enterprises by using the grey correlation evaluation method as well as the current situation of logistics development. It finally puts forward some references for the future development of the pharmaceutical logistics enterprises.

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Going Practical on the Core Competence Concept: On Links, Levels, Time and Context

Cited by 4 publications

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Paradoxes and partnerships: a study of knowledge exploration and exploitation in international development programmes

Paradoxes and partnerships: a study of knowledge exploration and exploitation in international development programmes

Corporate Core Competencies’ Essence, Contexts, Discovery, and Future: A Call to Action for Executives and Researchers

Research on the Identification of the Core Competence of Pharmaceutical Logistics Enterprises Guided by Service

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