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作者：Ndofor, Hermann Achidi; Sirmon, David G.; He, Xiaoming
作者单位：Texas A&M University System; Texas A&M University College Station; Mays Business School; Beijing Jiaotong University
摘要：Building on the resource-based view (RBV) and competitive dynamics literatures, this paper proposes that considering resources or actions independently offers an incomplete understanding of the drivers of superior performance. Instead, we hypothesize that resources enable competitive actions and that when these actions leverage the firm's resources, superior performance results. We tested these hypotheses with panelized data on the technological resources and competitive actions of firms in th...
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作者：Oh, Chang Hoon; Oetzel, Jennifer
作者单位：American University; Brock University
摘要：We investigate the response of multinational corporations (MNCs) to major disasters at the subsidiary level. We examine the type and severity of the disaster and whether and how country governance moderates the relationship between exogenous disaster risk and subsidiary investment. We test our hypotheses with a panel dataset of 71 large European MNCs and their subsidiaries (2001-2006) with 31,285 total observations. Findings suggest that the number of a firm's foreign subsidiaries is likely to...
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作者：Zhou, Yue Maggie
作者单位：University System of Maryland; University of Maryland College Park
摘要：Sharing common inputs across business lines can potentially generate synergy that justifies related diversification. The pursuit of such synergy through diversification is, however, fundamentally driven by the indivisibility of inputs between firms. Following Penrose's insight, I argue that to realize this synergy, a firm needs to actively manage the interdependencies between different business lines, which, in turn, increases its coordination costs. The coordination costs may increase faster ...
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作者：Ho, Joanna L. Y.; Wu, Anne; Xu, Sean Xin
作者单位：University of California System; University of California Irvine; National Chengchi University; Tsinghua University
摘要：Prior studies have reported mixed findings on the impact of corporate information technology ( IT) investment on firm performance. This study investigates the effect of corporate governance, an important management control mechanism, on the relation between IT investment and firm performance in the Taiwanese electronics industry. Specifically, we explore board independence and foreign ownership, which have increasingly become salient factors concerning corporate governance in emerging markets....
