... to undertake an empirical investigation into the enabling factors which lead to the practice of formulating an effective data-led strategy (EDLS). Leveraging the theoretical lenses of the resource-based view, absorptive capacity and attention-focus view, a range of various factors are hypothesised to influence...

... the relative importance of the monitoring and provision of resources roles provided by board members. Design/methodology/approach This paper highlights the importance of contingency factors in carrying out board’s roles using a sample of 579 European firms registered in the STOXX Europe 600 index...

...Yan Chen; Yiwei Jiang; Chengqi Wang; Wen Chung Hsu Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to examine how firm resources and diversification strategy explain the performance consequences of internationalization of emerging market enterprises. Design/methodology/approach – The paper conducts...

...João J.M. Ferreira, Jose Enrique Vila, and Anastasia Mariussen; Vanessa Warnier; Xavier Weppe; Xavier Lecocq Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to answer the question: how to extend resource-based theory to take into account the contribution of all kinds of resources (including the less...

...David Urbano; Claudia Alvarez; Andreu Turró Purpose The main purpose of this paper is to analyse the influence of resources and capabilities on the probability of becoming an intrapreneur, using resource‐based theory as a conceptual framework. Design/methodology/approach The research uses...

...Mário Franco; Heiko Haase Purpose The purpose of this paper is to investigate what factors drive collaborative entrepreneurship. To do so, the authors examine the joint influence of both firm resources and entrepreneurial orientation on the decision to establish interfirm alliances. The paper...

... and reactive construct, cannot be considered a strategy that leads to sustainable SME growth. If an SME desires growth, EO is needed to fuel these growth aspirations. In spite of these findings however, this study shows that SMEs tend to respond to a scarcity of financial resources with more CO and less EO...

... is in particular upon attempting to explain managerial behaviour from insights offered by two well‐established managerial theories – stakeholder theory and resource dependency theory. Insights from these theories are used to explain the possible causes of the unintended consequences of the reform process...

... Publishing Limited 2009 Corporate branding Companies Resources All established corporate brands have a track record, which may vary in length and continuity. All established corporate brands have core values making up the backbone of their brand track record – whether those values...

... shown in Figure 2 in resource‐based terms. The internals of the firm are now fleshed out in terms of resources and capabilities, the conventional description that permits discrimination between assets based on knowing and skills based on experience and actions. We do not summarise the key tenets...

...Abby Ghobadian; Nicholas O'Regan; Howard Thomas; David Gallear; Norman T. Sheehan; Nicolai J. Foss Purpose Almost since the inception of the resource‐based view (RBV), critics have complained that the view is weak in the prescriptive dimension. A recent statement of this critique is by Priem...

...Abby Ghobadian; Nicholas O'Regan; Howard Thomas; David Gallear; Danielle A. Chmielewski; Angela Paladino Purpose This study seeks to introduce the role of resource and capability characteristics as drivers of a resource orientation (RO) and to examine empirically these relationships in different...

...Su Yol Lee; Seung‐Kyu Rhee Purpose This paper aims to provide a research framework to explore the change in corporate environmental strategy based on the resource‐based view of the firm and institutionalization theory and to present empirical evidence that illustrates how environmental strategy...

...Robert H. Lowson To date, the exact nature and classification of an operations strategy vis‐à‐vis other popular operational solutions have eluded many commentators. Against a background of the various approaches to strategy formulation, including the resource‐based and market‐driven views...

..., 1975, 1985, 1990). The knowledge‐based view of the firm is an outgrowth of the resource‐based view (Barney, 1991; Wernerfelt, 1984), whereby knowledge resources and capabilities of a firm are considered the most significant strategic resources of an enterprise. The knowledge‐based view of the firm has...

... and visions for the present ones, while the strategic objectives were the entrepreneurs’ (owners’) objectives for the enterprise. The main goal for the planning process was defined to be that of identifying and clarifying the alternative directions for the enterprise. Creativity Strategy Resources...

... to the possibility that a firm enjoys competitive advantages over rivals because it has more superior access to the factor markets, i.e. resource input (Barney, 1986), and/or product market, i.e. customers (Porter, 1980) than do rivals or it has such access that is not at all available to rivals. Such access depends...

...Kazem Chaharbaghi; Richard Lynch This paper introduces the concept of strategic advantage and distinguishes it from competitive advantage. This concept helps to explain the full nature of sustainable competitive advantage through uncovering the dynamics of resource‐based strategy. A new...

... in two shipbuilding firms and proposes an extended version of “parallel R&D” theory, called “learning‐updating strategy”. Based on a field study, presents empirical evidence for the effectiveness of the learning‐updating strategy in allocating managerial resources for operations improvement. © MCB...

...Giovanni Azzone; Umberto Bertelè; Andrea Rangone Draws attention to the recent emergence of a new model of how firms compete – known as the resource‐based approach – which views the firm as a set of critical resources, defined as resources which are scarce, defendable, difficult to market...