FN ISI Export Format VR 1.0 PT J TI The dynamic capabilities perspective: from fragments to meta-theory AF Schweizer, Lars Rogbeer, Shalini Michaelis, Björn AU Schweizer, L Rogbeer, S Michaelis, B SO Management Research Review VL 38 BP 662 EP 684 PY 2015 AB This paper aims to show how researchers can overcome problems of fragmentation and eclecticism in an important strategy paradigm, namely, the Dynamic Capabilities (DC) perspective. First, the explanandum of the theory of DC, conceptualized as a theory of strategic change, is generates. Second, four main constituent theoretical perspectives of DC were selected and their explanans on the explanandum of a theory of strategic change was mapped. Third, the explanans of a theory of strategic change was parsed out to derive the critical fragmentation sources as illustrated by the classical papers in DC. First, consistent explanans of a theory of strategic change are integrated to build a meta-theory of strategic change. Second, testable propositions based on the meta-theory, in the context of industry convergence, a context which requires the development of dynamic capabilities in an uncertain and changing environmental context are developed. By developing a meta-theory of strategic change, researchers are provided with the tools to overcome the confusion of fragmentation and eclecticism, specifically in the field of strategy research. DI 10.1108/MRR-09-2013-0209 ER