Technological capabilities and their implications for technical performance: the experience of two mobile phone companies in Brazil
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Resumo: | This article examines the implications of technological capability accumulation for technical performance improvement in two mobile phone companies in Brazil. The article adopts a comprehensive perspective on technological capability that goes beyond conventional elements – such as techno-physical systems and human capital – to capture the organizational dimension of technological capability. This article examines the technological activity – i.e. what the firm can do technologically on its onw – as an expression of technological capability. In order to operationalize such approach, this article makes use of a systematic, comprehensive and tailored framework for measuring technological capability accumulation in the mobile phone industry. The framework identifies types and levels of capabilities for three technological functions: (i) project management; (ii) services; and (iii) equipment. This article makes use of various technical performance indicators at the level of the case-study-companies (1993-2000). The article draws on first-hand empirical evidence collected through different data-gathering techniques during extensive fieldwork. The manner and speed of technological capability accumulation have played an important role in improving the technical performance of the case-study companies. The study suggests that an environment marked by competitive pressures and users´´´´´´´´ high-quality requirements stimulates firms to speed up their technological capability-accumulation process in order to improve their technical performance. |
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Technological capabilities and their implications for technical performance: the experience of two mobile phone companies in BrazilCapacidades tecnológicas e suas implicações para performance técnica: a experiência de duas empresas de telefonia celular no BrasilThis article examines the implications of technological capability accumulation for technical performance improvement in two mobile phone companies in Brazil. The article adopts a comprehensive perspective on technological capability that goes beyond conventional elements – such as techno-physical systems and human capital – to capture the organizational dimension of technological capability. This article examines the technological activity – i.e. what the firm can do technologically on its onw – as an expression of technological capability. In order to operationalize such approach, this article makes use of a systematic, comprehensive and tailored framework for measuring technological capability accumulation in the mobile phone industry. The framework identifies types and levels of capabilities for three technological functions: (i) project management; (ii) services; and (iii) equipment. This article makes use of various technical performance indicators at the level of the case-study-companies (1993-2000). The article draws on first-hand empirical evidence collected through different data-gathering techniques during extensive fieldwork. The manner and speed of technological capability accumulation have played an important role in improving the technical performance of the case-study companies. The study suggests that an environment marked by competitive pressures and users´´´´´´´´ high-quality requirements stimulates firms to speed up their technological capability-accumulation process in order to improve their technical performance.Este artigo examina as implicações da acumulação de capacidades tecnológicas para o aprimoramento da performance técnica em duas empresas de telefonia celular no Brasil. O estudo adotou uma perspectiva abrangente para capacidade tecnológica que vai além dos seus elementos convencionais, tais como sistemas técnico-físicos e capital humano, para captar a dimensão organizacional da capacidade tecnológica. Neste artigo examina-se atividade tecnológica – aquilo que a empresa é capaz de fazer tecnologicamente de maneira independente – como expressão da capacidade tecnológica. Para operacionalizar tal perspectiva, faz-se uso de uma métrica sistemática, compreensiva e calibrada para medir capacidade tecnológica na indústria de telefonia celular. A métrica identifica tipos e níveis de capacidades para três funções tecnológicas: (i) gestão de projetos; (ii) serviços; e (iii) equipamentos. O artigo faz uso de vários indicadores de performance técnica em nível das empresas estudadas (1993-200). Este estudo baseia-se em evidências empíricas de primeira-mão coletadas por meio de múltiplas técnicas durante extensivo trabalho de campo. A maneira e a velocidade de acumulação de capacidade tecnológica jogaram um papel crucial no incremento da performance técnica das empresas. O estudo sugere que, em um ambiente de competição acirrada, onde a qualidade dos serviços ao usuário é uma condição crucial para sua permanência no mercado, as empresas são obrigadas a desenvolver capacidades tecnológica a uma velocidade rápida para garantirem a melhoria de sua performance técnica – e a sua própria sobrevivência.Escola Brasileira de Administração Pública e de Empresas da Fundação Getulio Vargas2005-01-01info:eu-repo/semantics/articleinfo:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersionapplication/pdfhttps://periodicos.fgv.br/cadernosebape/article/view/5417Cadernos EBAPE.BR; Vol. 3 No. Special (2005) - Technology and Innovation Management: experience in Brazil and Latin America; 1 a 21Cadernos EBAPE.BR; Vol. 3 Núm. Especial (2005) - Tecnología y Gestión de la Innovación: experiencia en Brasil y América Latina; 1 a 21Cadernos EBAPE.BR; v. 3 n. Especial (2005) - Gestão Tecnológica e Inovação: experiência no Brasil e na América Latina; 1 a 211679-3951reponame:Cadernos EBAPE.BRinstname:Fundação Getulio Vargas (FGV)instacron:FGVporhttps://periodicos.fgv.br/cadernosebape/article/view/5417/4151Araujo, Rodrigo C.info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess2023-02-23T19:00:00Zoai:ojs.periodicos.fgv.br:article/5417Revistahttps://periodicos.fgv.br/cadernosebapehttps://periodicos.fgv.br/cadernosebape/oaicadernosebape@fgv.br||cadernosebape@fgv.br1679-39511679-3951opendoar:2024-05-13T09:59:39.827144Cadernos EBAPE.BR - Fundação Getulio Vargas (FGV)true |
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Technological capabilities and their implications for technical performance: the experience of two mobile phone companies in Brazil Capacidades tecnológicas e suas implicações para performance técnica: a experiência de duas empresas de telefonia celular no Brasil |
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Technological capabilities and their implications for technical performance: the experience of two mobile phone companies in Brazil |
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Technological capabilities and their implications for technical performance: the experience of two mobile phone companies in Brazil Araujo, Rodrigo C. |
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Technological capabilities and their implications for technical performance: the experience of two mobile phone companies in Brazil |
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Technological capabilities and their implications for technical performance: the experience of two mobile phone companies in Brazil |
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Araujo, Rodrigo C. |
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Araujo, Rodrigo C. |
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This article examines the implications of technological capability accumulation for technical performance improvement in two mobile phone companies in Brazil. The article adopts a comprehensive perspective on technological capability that goes beyond conventional elements – such as techno-physical systems and human capital – to capture the organizational dimension of technological capability. This article examines the technological activity – i.e. what the firm can do technologically on its onw – as an expression of technological capability. In order to operationalize such approach, this article makes use of a systematic, comprehensive and tailored framework for measuring technological capability accumulation in the mobile phone industry. The framework identifies types and levels of capabilities for three technological functions: (i) project management; (ii) services; and (iii) equipment. This article makes use of various technical performance indicators at the level of the case-study-companies (1993-2000). The article draws on first-hand empirical evidence collected through different data-gathering techniques during extensive fieldwork. The manner and speed of technological capability accumulation have played an important role in improving the technical performance of the case-study companies. The study suggests that an environment marked by competitive pressures and users´´´´´´´´ high-quality requirements stimulates firms to speed up their technological capability-accumulation process in order to improve their technical performance. |
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