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Capabilities and Capability Analysis
The capabilities of the firm are the set of resources and competences that it relies on in order to survive and prosper.Resources are often classified in tangible (such as plants, money and employees) and intangible ones (reputation, brand image, and customer relationships).Competences refer to the skills and abilities that enable the firm to deploy ...
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A Review of Dynamic Capabilities, Innovation Capabilities, Entrepreneurial Capabilities and Their Consequences [PDF]
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The capability approach aims to ensure that all individuals are able to form and pursue their own conception of the good, whilst the state remains neutral between them, and has done much to include oppressed and marginalized groups. Liberal neutrality and social inclusivity are worthy goals, yet I argue that Martha Nussbaum’s influential formulation of
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This paper discusses the relevance of recent research on the economics of human development to the work of the Human Development and Capability Association. The recent economics of human development brings insights about the dynamics of skill accumulation to an otherwise static literature on capabilities.
Heckman, James J., Corbin, Chase O.
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Sen’s capabilities approach offers a radical generalisation of the conventional approach to welfare economics. It has been highly influential in development and many researchers are now beginning to explore its implications for health care. This paper contributes to the emerging debate by discussing two examples of such applications: first, at the ...
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Technological capability, relational capability and firms’ performance [PDF]
Purpose The purpose of this paper is to empirically evaluate the mediating role of learning capability on the relationship between technological capability, relational capability and small and medium enterprises (SMEs) performance in developing economy of Africa.
Salisu, Yakubu, Abu Bakar, Lily Julienti
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The origins of the capabilities approach within welfare economics are to be found in a series of influential papers and monographs, written by Amartya Sen in the early eighties of the previous century (Sen, 1980, 1985a; Sen et al., 1987). He developed and discussed the approach further in some widely read books (Sen, 1992, 1999; Nussbaum and Sen, 1993).
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ABSTRACTIn his action theory, John Dewey makes use of the concept of capability to highlight the way human capacities depend on the environment and the character of an agent.
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The paper suggests that groups should be given a more central role than they generally are in the capability approach. Being a member of a group or groups is an intrinsic aspect of human life: the quality of groups with which individuals identify forms an important direct contribution to their well-being, is instrumental to other capabilities, and ...
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