Capability lifecycle stages, based on Helfat and Peteraf (2003)
| Capability Lifecycle stage | Characteristics |
|---|---|
| Founding | A group with leadership and with the ability to take collaborative action is formed, with a common goal to create a new capability within the organization |
| Development | The capability building group or team makes decisions on how to best shape the capability at hand, informed by accumulating experiences in doing so |
| Maturity | The capability no longer changes, but is maintained by regular exercise by the organization |
| Retirement | The capability ceases to exist |
| Retrenchment | The usage of the capability declines over time |
| Redeployment | The capability is transferred to another product market |
| Renewal | The capability returns to the development stage after having left this stage at an earlier point in time |
| Replication | The capability is transferred to another geographic market (but applied to the same product or service) |
| Recombination | The capability is combined with other capabilities to serve a different but related market |
| Capability Lifecycle stage | Characteristics |
|---|---|
| Founding | A group with leadership and with the ability to take collaborative action is formed, with a common goal to create a new capability within the organization |
| Development | The capability building group or team makes decisions on how to best shape the capability at hand, informed by accumulating experiences in doing so |
| Maturity | The capability no longer changes, but is maintained by regular exercise by the organization |
| Retirement | The capability ceases to exist |
| Retrenchment | The usage of the capability declines over time |
| Redeployment | The capability is transferred to another product market |
| Renewal | The capability returns to the development stage after having left this stage at an earlier point in time |
| Replication | The capability is transferred to another geographic market (but applied to the same product or service) |
| Recombination | The capability is combined with other capabilities to serve a different but related market |
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