Is the Resource-Based View a Practical Organizational Theory?

• 成果类型: Article
• 署名作者: Arend, Richard J.; Levesque, Moren
• 署名单位: Nevada System of Higher Education (NSHE); University of Nevada Las Vegas; University of Waterloo
• 刊物名称: ORGANIZATION SCIENCE
• ISSN/ISSBN: 1047-7039
• DOI: 10.1287/orsc.1090.0484
• 发表日期: 2010
• 页码: 913-930
• 关键词: RESOURCE-BASED VIEW; simulation; operational validity

摘要

We explore the question of whether the resource-based view (RBV) is a practical theory for managers. We test the ability of the RBV to provide two pieces of practical information: (1) the identification of the very few strategic assets from a large set of assets, and (2) the estimation of the functional form of how such strategic assets' critical VRIO characteristic levels relate to firm performance. We do so by modeling the tenets of the RBV and adjusting them in a simulation. We place ourselves in the shoes of the managers by using standard empirical methods on the simulated data to determine whether the RBV does provide practical information. We then discuss what can be done for academics and managers given that determination.