Complementary strategic capabilities and innovation capabilities: Cases on emerging economies

This study analyzes the process of technological capabilities creation in organizations in emerging economies using the resource-based view of the firm. The literature has studied this phenomenon without taking into account the external context, in developed countries, or using macro perspectives, in emerging economies. It uses a longitudinal multiple-case design in order to identify the nature of this process, analyzing the emergence and enhancement of organizational capabilities. Identify Capabilities Development Trajectories, where organizational capabilities have evolved into technological capabilities, shortening the traditional path-dependent cycle in the creation of innovation capabilities. A capabilities trajectory framework is proposed.