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Innovation capabilities accumulation using a lifecycle approach: The case of a Mexican steel company

dc.contributor.author Atoche-Kong, Carlos
dc.contributor.author Dutrénit, Gabriela
dc.date.accessioned 2010-11-08T20:58:37Z
dc.date.available 2010-11-08T20:58:37Z
dc.date.issued 2008-09
dc.description Presented at the GLOBELICS 6th International Conference 2008 22-24 September, Mexico City, Mexico. en_US
dc.description.abstract How are innovation capabilities created in a firm in an emerging economy, why does such a firm decide to start to innovate? These are two of the challenging questions that direct this study. A Mexican steel company, called "Steel Company", is the subject of study. This company started to operate with obsolete equipment, and thanks to a strong management commitment to innovation, it could develop its own processing technology becoming the world technological leader in its market. This study uses a single case study research design in order to start the academic discussion regarding both questions. Capabilities life-cycles are identified, with a cluster of strategic capabilities evolving in a synergetic way, accumulating and diminishing innovation capabilities along the firm history. Strong context effects, shareholder and management support, and corporate strategy changes are among key factors that conducted this evolutionary process. The need to consider spin outs from the firm when studying the dynamics of capabilities is identified as an interesting future research for regional development purposes, as innovation capabilities can be transferred crossing the boundaries of the firm. en_US
dc.identifier.uri http://hdl.handle.net/1853/35831
dc.language.iso en_US en_US
dc.publisher Georgia Institute of Technology en_US
dc.relation.ispartofseries GLOBELICS06. Building technological Capabilities in developing countries: New dimensions of the capability building en_US
dc.subject Capabilities en_US
dc.subject Innovation en_US
dc.subject Regional development en_US
dc.title Innovation capabilities accumulation using a lifecycle approach: The case of a Mexican steel company en_US
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local.contributor.corporatename School of Public Policy
local.contributor.corporatename Ivan Allen College of Liberal Arts
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