A Comparison of the Articles "The Performance Implications of Dynamic Capabilities: the Case of Product Innovation" and "Absorptive Capacity, Environmental Turbulence, and the Complementarity of Organizational Learning Processes" Ulrich Lichtenthaler

WHU – Otto Beisheim School of Management

A Comparison of the Articles "The Performance Implications of Dynamic Capabilities: The Case of Product Innovation" and "Absorptive Capacity, Environmental Turbulence, and the Complementarity of Organizational Learning Processes" Ulrich Lichtenthaler

Seminar on Research and Academic Writing

Institute for Management Accounting and Control Submission Date: October 15th, 2012 Submitted to: Jun.-Prof. Dr. Matthias Mahlendorf

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Table of Contents 1. 2. 3. Introduction ......................................................................................................................... 1 Description .......................................................................................................................... 1 Analysis ............................................................................................................................... 2 3.1 Use of the Same Data-Set and Number of Survey Participants........................................ 3 3.2 Dependent Variables ......................................................................................................... 3 3.3 Similar Argumention ........................................................................................................ 4 3.4 Theory Consistency .......................................................................................................... 4 3.5 Different Labels and Same Underlying Measure ............................................................. 5 3.6 Key Term Comparison ..................................................................................................... 6 4. Conclusion...