Contents -- List of Figures -- List of Tables -- Notes on Contributors -- Introduction: The Nature and Dynamics of Organizational Capabilities -- Part I -- Introduction to Part I. Organizational Capabilities -- 1. Talking about Routines in the Field -- 2. Repositories of Knowledge in Franchise Organizations -- 3. Appropriability and the Challenge of Scope -- 4. Limited Inquiry and Intelligent Adaptation in Semiconductor Manufacturing -- Part II -- Introduction to Part II. The Development of New Capabilities -- 5. In Search of Dynamic Capabilities -- 6. Measuring Competence? Exploring Firm Effects in Drug Discovery -- 7. Managing the Development and Transfer of Process Technologies in the Semiconductor Manufacturing Industry -- Part III -- Introduction to Part III. The Evolution of Organizational Capabilities and their Social Roots -- 8. The 'Abominable Ohno Production System'. Competences, Monitoring, and Routines in Japanese Production Systems -- 9. Evolution of Manufacturing Systems and Ex post Dynamic Capabilities -- 10. Transfer and Replication of Organizational Capabilities -- Part IV -- Introduction to Part IV. Perspectives on Capabilities -- 11. How Technological Competencies Help Define the Core of the Firm -- 12. Dynamic Capabilities and Strategic Management -- 13. Organizational Capabilities in Complex Worlds -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- Q -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W -- Y -- Z.