The concept of Dynamic Capabilities originates in the Resource Based View of a firm. Resource based approach is relatively static and cannot fully explain how firms adopt to changing environments. Dynamic Capabilities are the construct that explains this dynamism. Dynamic Capabilities are the capabilities of a firm to rearrange its resources according to the need of the (dynamic) environment. One part of this construct is Dynamic Managerial Capabilities. Routines of a firm provide some abilities of resource reconfiguration (e.g. routine of "Contact with clients" may be fulfilled in different ways according to the situation). But the role of managers is often underestimated. Managers do have influence and not only within routines, but also in breaking existing routines. The RBV differs from other economic approaches e.g. by the role of rationality of individuals. Last articles in the field of RBV and Dynamic Capabilities touch upon emotions and incorrectness of "cold cognition" approach. My dissertation might prove the influence of two positive (admiration/inspiration, "fiero"/feeleing of having something done and succeeded) and two negative (fear, anger) emotions onto dynamic managerial capabilities. I have generalized my hypotheses for this contest. In my dissertation I´ll try to split Dynamic Managerial Capabilities into capacities of Sensing of opportunities and threats, Seizing of opportunities, and Reconfiguration of resources. Thus every of the named in my video hypotheses will be split into three sub-hypotheses to check the influence of emotions onto every part of the construct. In my video I try to show how the investigation of emotions might influence RBV. I hope emotions would play the same role for RBV as color and visual effects did for film industry in the mid of the last century. This video was created together with my friends and colleagues: Maiia Deutschmann, Raphael Jung, and Peggy Zimmer for the contest "Dance Your Ph.D 2012". It was a pleasure for me and, interestingly, some of the ideas for my dissertation were born during the communication with my friends while making this video. I appreciate Gonzolabs and Vimeo for this fascinating opportunity! I also appreciate the European University Viadrina (Frankfurt a.d. Oder), the German Graduate School of Management and Law (Heilbronn), and the Graduate Programme on Dynamic Capabilities and Relationships, which I am a part of. My special thanks to the FreeMusicArchive.org and the bands “Dyman” and “The Womb” which share their perfect(!) music and allow the use of it.

• published: 24 Sep 2012
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