EXPANDING THE DYNAMIC CAPABILITIES VIEW: SPECIAL CONTRIBUTIONS

Dynamic capabilities and business processes: a trajectory view

In this paper, we use a computer simulation to explore the effects of dynamic capabilities on the evolution of business processes. Dynamic capability is conceptualized as variation and selective retention (Campbell, 1965; Bickhard and Campbell, 2003) which governs the development and adaptation of business process. The model demonstrates that variation and selective retention of business proces...

Expanding Universe , Shrinking View

The expanding contributions of systematic biology.

When I became editor of Systematic Biology, my number one priority was not to “break it.” My predecessor, Chris Simon, handed me a journal in great shape, and I rapidly became conscious of the responsibility of editing a journal that takes considerable pride in its reputation as the leading journal in the field. Luckily, the task of being editor is made much less onerous thanks to the efforts o...

Mobile Phones and Expanding Human Capabilities

The explosion of mobile phones and their impacts on human well-being have been a central focus of ICT4D research of late (Donner, 2008). This prominence is deserved and should continue in the foreseeable future. This article argues that mobile phones constitute the basis for one of the greatest expansions of human capabilities in known history, and in a remarkably short timeframe. Furthermore, ...

Capabilities and contributions of unwed fathers.

Young, minority, and poorly educated fathers in fragile families have little capacity to support their children financially and are hard-pressed to maintain stability in raising those children. In this article, Robert Lerman examines the capabilities and contributions of unwed fathers, how their capabilities and contributions fall short of those of married fathers, how those capabilities and co...