Dynamic Organizational Capabilities: A Unifying Framework for New Work
Practices,
Product Innovation and Competences Formation
| A. Cristini* |
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A. Gaj* |
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S. Labory* |
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R. Leoni* |
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Università di
Bergamo |
La reingegnerizzazione dei luoghi di lavoro, unitamente
ai disegni di sviluppo delle risorse umane sono oggi al centro
di una grande attenzione nell'analisi economica. Le nuove pratiche
di lavoro stanno infatti diventando la pietra angolare di un approccio
alla flessibilità interna all'impresa che si dimostra capace
di fornire un significativo contributo alla crescita della produttività.
In questo saggio viene mostrato come le capacità organizzative
dinamiche risultino essere di natura cumulativa e endogenamente
create, secondo un processo di path-(inter)dependency. Vengono
anche formulate indicazioni di policy per la diffusione dei processi
di reingegnerizzazione dei luoghi di lavoro e delle nuove pratiche
ad essi connesse.
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Job, workplace and human resource management
(HRM) designs are nowadays at the centre of great attention in
economic analysis. New work practices are becoming the cornerstone
of an approach to flexibility from within the firm which is credited
with a significant contribution to sustainable productivity growth.
Building on recent empirical evidence, we develop a 243 framework
that embeds all the main findings and shows how dynamic organizational
capabilities are cumulative and endogenously created, according
to a typical path-(inter)dependency process. Policy implications
in term of diffusion of workplaces reengineering and new work practices
are also derived.
[JEL Code: D23, L22, J24, O31]
*[e.mail: Annalisa
Cristini]
*[e.mail: Alessandro
Gaj]
*[e.mail: Sandrine
Labory]
*[e.mail: Riccardo Leoni]
This research has been carried out within the project Industrial Relations, Human Resources Management and Firm Performance (PRIN 2002-2003), research unit of University of Bergamo. Previous
versions of this paper have been presented at the International
Conference EMAEE 2003, organized at the University of Augsburg
(10 th -12 th April, 2003) and at the International Conference
on ‘Innovating HRM', organized at the University of Twente (7
th -8 th November, 2003). We are grateful to the participants,
in particular to the discussants, Uwe Cantner and Fred Huijgen
respectively, for their valuable suggestions. Any errors are
our responsibility. |