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"King for a day, fool for a lifetime: How organizations overshoot their innovation capability"

2016; Academy of Management; Volume: 2016; Issue: 1 Linguagem: Inglês

10.5465/ambpp.2016.16875abstract

2376-7197

Antti Sihvonen, Juho-Petteri Huhtala, Henrikki Tikkanen, Henrik Sievers,

Socioeconomic and Demographic Analysis

In order to better understand how dynamic capabilities rapidly fail, this study provides a longitudinal in-depth study of Sonera Corporation and the failure of their innovation capability in the late 1990s. The findings highlight three reasons for the failure of innovation capability that share a common root in overshooting a capability. Discussion links these reasons to previous literature and highlights that overextending the change potential of dynamic capabilities can lead to performance drop that occurs with a substantial time lag. This foreground the dark side of dynamic capabilities related to the belief that continuous change is both possible and beneficial for organizations.