...Xiaobo Wu; Liping Liang; Siyuan Chen Purpose As various different and even contradictory concepts are proposed to depict a firm's capabilities related to big data, and extant relevant research is fragmented and scattered in several disciplines, there is currently a lack of holistic...

... effects of firm status on this relationship. Design/methodology/approach The authors use a longitudinal panel sample of 137 S&P 500 firms and data for the years between 2004 and 2013 collected from multiple data sources. The authors use stochastic frontiers analysis to measure firm capabilities...

... to understand how it affects firm strategy and performance. Equally importantly, a substantive body of research has examined the role of firm capabilities, and especially marketing capabilities, in achieving competitive advantage and enhancing firm performance (Dutta et al., 1999 ; Kotabe et...