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Table 4

Organisational metabolism vs proximate constructs

Construct	Core unit of analysis	Temporal horizon	Evaluative metric
Absorptive capacity (Cohen and Levinthal 1990)	Knowledge assimilation	Episodic	Competitive advantage
Dynamic capabilities (Teece 2007)	Sense–seize–reconfigure	Medium-term strategic cycles	Competitive repositioning
Organisational routines (Feldman and Pentland 2003)	Recurrent interaction patterns	Short- to medium-term	Efficiency, stability and change
Organisational metabolism (this paper)	Continuous absorption + reconfiguration + normative calibration	Decade-scale, across political cycles	Constitutional accountability and democratic legitimacy

Construct	Core unit of analysis	Temporal horizon	Evaluative metric
Absorptive capacity (Cohen and Levinthal 1990)	Knowledge assimilation	Episodic	Competitive advantage
Dynamic capabilities (Teece 2007)	Sense–seize–reconfigure	Medium-term strategic cycles	Competitive repositioning
Organisational routines (Feldman and Pentland 2003)	Recurrent interaction patterns	Short- to medium-term	Efficiency, stability and change
Organisational metabolism (this paper)	Continuous absorption + reconfiguration + normative calibration	Decade-scale, across political cycles	Constitutional accountability and democratic legitimacy