Heterogeneity and transferring practices: Implementing flow manufacturing in multiple plants

• 成果类型: Article
• 署名作者: Maritan, CA; Brush, TH
• 署名单位: State University of New York (SUNY) System; University at Buffalo, SUNY; Purdue University System; Purdue University
• 刊物名称: STRATEGIC MANAGEMENT JOURNAL
• ISSN/ISSBN: 0143-2095
• DOI: 10.1002/smj.311
• 发表日期: 2003
• 页码: 945-959
• 关键词: practice transfer; capabilities; resource-based view; Heterogeneity; Manufacturing; Case study

摘要

Adopting new practices to develop capabilities and enhance competitiveness is a goal for many firms. This study of a corporate initiative to implement flow manufacturing in multiple plants highlights some elements of the interaction between the content of a complex practice, the sources of the practice knowledge, and the characteristics and competitive priorities of the recipients of the practice. Heterogeneity among the plants, stemming from both differences in resource endowments and differences in choices made by managers, presents challenges to achieving firm-wide distinctiveness. Copyright (C) 2003 John Wiley Sons, Ltd.