Open AccessA Grammar of the Distinctive Competence Development at the Firm for the Solution of Systemic Problems
Author(s) -
Bruno da Rocha Braga
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
journal of innovation management
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 2183-0606
DOI - 10.24840/2183-0606_008.002_0007
Subject(s) - process tracing , competence (human resources) , industrial organization , phenomenon , organizational structure , process (computing) , economics , business , microeconomics , knowledge management , computer science , management , political science , physics , quantum mechanics , politics , law , operating system
Competitiveness results from factors beyond the structural conditions and organizational boundaries, such as interorganizational cooperation. Evidence gathered in Brazilian credit unions suggests there is a social process in the firm for generating organizational capabilities and economic goods to satisfy needs defined by social structures in charge of solving market failures and structural deficiencies in the productive system. An exploratory and descriptive multiple case study with longitudinal qualitative data implemented using a systematic, computer-supported Process Tracing technique can refine a mathematical model of social phenomenon relying on a sequence of decision-making events of deterministic nature. Two case studies revealed that firms maintain relationships of cooperation and contribution with partners and structures in their organizational and environmental surroundings whenever their economic performance is constrained by competitive problems of systemic nature, for which there is no solution based on the mechanisms of market price and state intervention.