It Takes a Quarter of a Century to Build a Dynamic Capability. Supplier relations management at Renault (1975-1999)

Donada, Carole; Nogatchewsky, Gwenaëlle; Pezet, Anne

Donada, Carole; Nogatchewsky, Gwenaëlle; Pezet, Anne (2014), It Takes a Quarter of a Century to Build a Dynamic Capability. Supplier relations management at Renault (1975-1999). https://basepub.dauphine.fr/handle/123456789/13985

Type

Document de travail / Working paper

External document link

http://hal-essec.archives-ouvertes.fr/hal-01070044

Date

2014

Series title

Research Center ESSEC Working Paper

Series number

1414

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Author(s)

Donada, Carole
Nogatchewsky, Gwenaëlle
Pezet, Anne

Abstract (EN)

Our analysis explores how a key managerial competence, the supplier relations dynamic capability, was progressively developed and implemented by Renault over a quarter of a century. As our historical approach will demonstrate, this construction process followed three main periods, each of which was characterized by specific external and internal circumstances that constitute turning points and triggers in the organization’s transformation decision process. Most importantly, we will argue that this case brings to light that three phases are necessary for the supplier relations dynamic capability to fully develop: hybridization, combination and saturation, which open new perspectives on the construction process of dynamic capabilities in general.

Subjects / Keywords

Relations clients-fournisseurs; Supplier relations management; Supplier relations dynamic capability; Renault

JEL

L14 - Transactional Relationships; Contracts and Reputation; Networks
L62 - Automobiles; Other Transportation Equipment; Related Parts and Equipment
M11 - Production Management