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Capability Building Through Dynamic Capabilities and Organizational Learning

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Depending on the field of research, capability has various meanings. In this entry, capability is defined as organization’s ability to achieve specific goals. Capabilities form from combinations of skills, knowledge, technology, routines, and organizational culture. Capability building means renewal of organization’s capability base by developing, remodifying, and even eliminating individual capabilities.

Introduction

As the world changes on a fast pace, firms need to develop new capabilities, not just to cope with the changes but also to prosper in the changing business circumstances. Yet, also sustainability sets new requirements for firms to look beyond the present moment or short-term development. Sustainability theory offers simple and practical framework to approach the subject. Sustainability is typically considered to have three dimensions through which sustainability can be evaluated: social, environmental, and economic. Changes occur in all dimensions and may have...

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  1. Faculty of Engineering and Natural Sciences, Tampere University, Tampere, Finland

    Matti Majuri & Nillo Halonen

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  1. European School of Sustainability Science and Research, Hamburg University of Applied Sciences, Hamburg, Germany

    Walter Leal Filho

  2. Center for Neuroscience and Cell Biology, Institute for Interdisciplinary Research, University of Coimbra, Coimbra, Portugal

    Anabela Marisa Azul

  3. Faculty of Engineering and Architecture, The University of Passo Fundo, Passo Fundo, Brazil

    Luciana Brandli

  4. Istinye University, Istanbul, Turkey

    Pinar Gökçin özuyar

  5. University of Chester, Chester, UK

    Tony Wall

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  1. Dept of Industrial Management, Center for Innovation and Technology Research, Tampere University, Tampere, Finland

    Ulla Saari

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Majuri, M., Halonen, N. (2020). Capability Building Through Dynamic Capabilities and Organizational Learning. In: Leal Filho, W., Azul, A.M., Brandli, L., özuyar, P.G., Wall, T. (eds) Responsible Consumption and Production. Encyclopedia of the UN Sustainable Development Goals. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-95726-5_2

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