A resource-based view of manufacturing strategy and the relationship to manufacturing performance

• 成果类型: Article
• 署名作者: Schroeder, RG; Bates, KA; Junttila, MA
• 署名单位: University of Minnesota System; University of Minnesota Twin Cities; University of Toronto; Aalto University
• 刊物名称: STRATEGIC MANAGEMENT JOURNAL
• ISSN/ISSBN: 0143-2095
• DOI: 10.1002/smj.213
• 发表日期: 2002
• 页码: 105-117
• 关键词: RESOURCE-BASED VIEW; manufacturing strategy; capabilities; MANUFACTURING PERFORMANCE

摘要

This paper examines manufacturing strategy front the perspective of the resource-based view of the firm. It explores the role of resources and capabilities in manufacturing plants that cannot be easily duplicated, and for which ready substitutes are not available. Such resources and capabilities are formed by employees' internal learning based on cross-training and suggestion systems, external learning from customers and suppliers, and proprietary processes and equipment developed by the firm. Based on data from 164 manufacturing plants, the paper empirically demonstrates that competitive advantage in manufacturing (as measured by superior plant performance) results from proprietary processes and equipment which, in turn, is driven by external and internal learning. The implication is that resources such as standard equipment and employees with generic skills obtainable in factor markets are not as effective in achieving high levels of plant performance, since they are freely available to competitors. The paper also demonstrates the important role of internal and external learning in developing resources that are imperfectly imitable and difficult to duplicate. Copyright (C) 2002 John Wiley Sons, Ltd.