This theoretical paper explores the learning challenges stemming from the need to protect and develop common resources (such as a landscape’s beauty, an industrial district’s reputation or a marine area’s abundance of fish), and highlights the possible implications of these challenges for organizational and evaluation studies. A systematic analysis of carefully selected literature is conducted […]
This paper builds upon the paradoxical/ambidexterity literature to develop a new, integrated view of the dynamism of the intangibles in organizational settings. The proposed model integrates an extended version of the well-established construct “dynamic capabilities” with the dynamism of three key intangibles: knowledge, relationships and rules. The results show that all these dimensions of the […]
This paper proposes a new theoretical approach, borrowed from resilience studies, in order to better understand the role and success factors of science & technology parks in today’s complex scenario. This paper presents the in-depth qualitative analysis of an important Italian science & technology park. In this exemplary case, the park managers and decision-makers adopt […]
Purpose This work develops a novel model, which integrates different research traditions on the intangible resources and capabilities of organizations. We elaborate the construct of optional capital, viewed as the expected outcome of a successful mobilization of the other intangibles. Optional capital measures the (i) sustainability and (ii) potential benefits of the latent capabilities, i.e. […]