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Showing 1 to 19 of 19 for “"Capability theory"”.
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Orchestrated stakeholder dialogue: its place in dynamic capability theory and its practical value for business
… with change consultants, and the emerging theory was tested in a follow-up study using further interviews with case study participants. The data from both studies was analysed using a grounded theory approach. The emergent and flexible nature of grounded theory complements the use of …
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Access, barriers and successes of educational pathways for out-of-school youth. applying the capability theory
… generated about the relationship between the Capability Approach (CA) and Cultural-Historical Activity Theory (CHAT) among youth at a post-school educational institution. The research investigated whether such provision enabled young people to access opportunities in South Africa’s post-school …
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Can Martha Nussbaum’s Capability Theory of Justice help solve the crisis of women’s homelessness in the UK?
… individual wellbeing, and secondly, that only a theory grounded in the concept of individual dignity, such as Martha Nussbaum’s Capability Theory of Justice, can deliver housing policy worthy of the most vulnerable in our society. Current UK housing policy only allocates housing at a household …
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Corporate political activity in sub-Saharan Africa : the influence of multinational enterprises in the institutionalisation of Uganda's electricity industry
… is a further synthesis to address political capability theory (and its integration in broader organisational capability theory) by clarifying the nature and the patterns of development of corporate political capabilities in such emerging markets. At a secondary level, there is also a …
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Examining the Effect of DevOps Adoption capability on organizational agility
… an examination of the effects of DevOps adoption capability on organizational agility. Through capability theory, we propose that DevOps adoption capability positively affects organizational agility. We also propose that the capabilities of collaboration/communication, continuous monitoring, …
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PROMOTING SUSTAINABLE ENERGY LITERACY THROUGH HIGHER EDUCATION FOR THE ARCTIC
… different theoretical approaches like Complexity Theory, Capability Theory, Global Citizenship Education, Constructivism provide the theoretical foundations of this research contributing to enhance understanding about the nature of the ‘energy curriculum’ for Arctic Higher Education by providing …
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Inter-temporal Effect of Technological Capabilities on Firm Performance: a Longitudinal Study of the U.s. Computed Tomography Industry (1972-2002)
… from its inception, I find support for the theory. Using robust regression and multinomial logistic regression models, I find that as technology in an industry advances, technological capabilities become weaker drivers of firm performance. I discuss the shortcomings of this research and …
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Investigating and understanding the influence of supply chain analytics capabilities on firm performance in the tea sector in Sri Lanka
… capabilities, supply chain analytics technology capability, supply chain analytics talent capability, process integration capability, and supply chain performance on the firm performance, relying on the resource-based view and dynamic capability theory. Data was gathered from 418 respondents …
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The effect of school feeding programmes in addressing food insecurity in the Mutale Municipality of Vhembe District, Limpopo Province in South Africa
… framework, the research incorporated the Capability Theory and the Entitlement approach as the foundational basis of the study. The qualitative approach was used to ensure an in-depth understanding of the contribution of school feeding programmes as a right based in-kind social safety net …
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An evaluation of the impact of COVID-19 on the performance of hotels and lodges in Windhoek, Namibia
… The study was theoretically guided by the theory of constraints, resource-based theory and the dynamic capability theory. The study adopted the positivism philosophy and quantitative approach to enable the researcher to make use of scientific evidence, including statistics that show how …
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Imagining and Navigating the Future: Educational Aspirations and Agency of Economically Disadvantaged Ethiopian Secondary School Students
… their educational aspirations. I situate the capability to aspire (the degree of freedom the youth have to aspire) and capacity to aspire (the ability to explore the future) within a relational capability theory, where aspirations are imagined with and for others. In this dissertation, I …
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The importance of digital communication competence in the competitive advantage context of the UK professional business sector
… economy (Nania et al., 2019). Employing Dynamic Capability Theory proposed by Teece, Pisano and Shuen (1997), the investigation centred on the UK Professional Business Sector to investigate the importance of digital communication competence in that competitive business context. A focus on digital …
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The constitutional right to adequate housing for women in Uganda: problems and prospects
Uganda is one of the world’s Least Developed Countries (LDCs).1 This status marks it out as exhibiting particularly unpromising indicators on a range of internationally stipulated socio-economic parameters. On the other hand, it has one of the highest population growth rates in the world, which two …
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Exploring the intended and achieved outcomes of the Life Orientation curriculum: A Case study of TVET college graduates in the Western Cape
In South Africa, one of the mandatory subjects in public Technical and Vocational Education and Training (TVET) colleges offered across all the National Certificate Vocational (NCV) programmes is Life Orientation (LO), which forms part of the compulsory fundamental component of the qualification at …
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How transformational leadership and advanced technologies foster radical innovation : the role of advanced training, organisational learning, innovative climate and capabilities in large firms
… market environments. Drawing on the dynamic capability theory, this study investigates how transformational leadership as a ‘human factor’ and advanced technology as a ‘machinery factor’ can ‘in parallel’ encourage radical innovation. This study proposes a conceptual framework and empirically …
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Market Foresight Capability: Determinants And New Product Outcomes
… position, firms must develop market sensing capability-the ability to sense events and trends in markets ahead of competitors (Day 1994a). According to Day, in firms with superior market sensing capability, "the processes for gathering, interpreting, and using market information are more …
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The foundation of capability modelling: A study of the impact and utilisation of human resources
… common ground for assessing individuals’ applied capability in a given job based on literature review of various disciplines in engineering, human sciences and economics. A set of criteria is found to be common and appropriate to be used as the basis of this assessment. Applied Capability is then …
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Cybersecurity Strategy and Strategic Decision-making: An Examination from Dynamic Capability and Judgment-based View Perspectives
… lenses to guide this work in the Teecian dynamic capability (1997 onwards) tradition and Foss and Klein’s (2012, 2015) judgment-based theory. Since dynamic capabilities determine the firm's ability to integrate, build, and reconfigure internal and external resources and functional competencies to …
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Corporate Social Responsibility in China: The Influence of Dynamic Capability and the Implications on Financial Performance and Investment
… paper primarily examines how a company’s dynamic capability can affect the adoption of SCSR. This study draws on the stakeholder, dynamic capability, and neo-institutional theories. Data were collected from 134 Chinese companies listed on the Shenzhen stock exchange (SZSE) and Shanghai stock …