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Organization Science Winter Conference, Feb 3-8 2009 Steamboat, CO United States Panel on: Micro-level Origins of Organizational Capabilities Organized by: Koen Heimeriks, Rotterdam School of Management, Erasmus University Participants: Markus Becker, University of Southern Denmark Maurizio Zollo, Bocconi University Koen Heimeriks, Rotterdam School of Management In spite of the centrality of resource- and capability-based approaches in the organization literature, our understanding of the role of micro-level origins in organizational capabilities is still under-developed. The objective of this panel is to further the debate on micro phenomena and their impact on firm-level heterogeneity emerges and persists. The three panelists will present some of the current thinking and empirical work currently being carried out in this area to initiate discussion of important research questions and directions for future research. Typical questions are: how do insights on individual traits and group processes enrich our understanding of origins of organizational capabilities? What are the cognitive, behavioral and motivational facets shaping learning and capability development in organizations? These questions will form the basis for a collective and multi-disciplinary discussion on how various concepts (including some from sociology, psychology, economics and neuroscience) can be leveraged to study the role of the micro-level phenomena in shaping organizational capabilities. Presentations: I. Markus Becker, University of Southern Denmark: II. Maurizio Zollo, Bocconi University: The problem of understanding how organizational capabilities evolve and devolve has been debated among different groups of scholars for almost two decades, now. Still, there is a growing consensus that we are missing a large part of the action, due to our poor understanding of the role of the individual in these processes. My aim is to offer one framework of analysis of the antecedents to routinized behavior (which in turn is requirement for capacity building). In particular, I will share some current work on the role of motivation, of cognition and of personal values in shaping the direction, the adaptation and the quality of collective competence building processes. III. Koen Heimeriks, Rotterdam School of Management: “The Emergence of Alliance and Acquisition Capabilities” Early research in the field of alliances and acquisitions paid attention to the role of experience-related advantages in creating superior alliance or acquisition performance. While potentially insightful, such studies were less precise on the internal mechanisms firms deploy to advance their alliance- and acquisition capabilities. This presentation discusses the role multiple internal mechanisms play in advancing or limiting alliance- and acquisition-related advantages. In particular, it aims to discuss in detail some of the processes which lie at the heart of these specific organization-level capabilities. Last, a number of paths for advancing this sub-field are shared and discussed.