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作者：Anand, J; Delios, A
作者单位：University of Michigan System; University of Michigan; National University of Singapore
摘要：Although it is established that firms sometimes expand abroad to augment their capabilities, previous studies have generally focused on technological determinants of foreign expansion. We analyze capability-seeking aspects of foreign direct investment by examining the relationship between upstream (technological) and downstream (marketing) capabilities and the choice between acquisition and greenfield modes of international entry. In analyzing 2175 entries by British, German, and Japanese inve...
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作者：Schroeder, RG; Bates, KA; Junttila, MA
作者单位：University of Minnesota System; University of Minnesota Twin Cities; University of Toronto; Aalto University
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....
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作者：Walker, G; Madsen, TL; Carini, G
作者单位：Southern Methodist University; Santa Clara University; Baylor University
摘要：This paper examines the variation in performance of incumbents and entrants following the deregulation of prices and entry in the airline industry. Our approach is similar to earlier studies of interfirm performance heterogeneity across industries. Drawing on theories of industry evolution, we hypothesize that the performance of entrants will have higher variance than incumbents. Further, given the opportunities offered by price deregulation, we propose that incumbents will have higher varianc...
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作者：Afuah, A
作者单位：University of Michigan System; University of Michigan
摘要：While a lot of attention has been paid to those characteristics of capabilities that give firms a competitive advantage, a lot less attention has been given to supporting empirical evidence and to the deployment of these capabilities. This paper presents a model for mapping firm capabilities into customer value and competitive advantage in different markets. With empirical evidence from cholesterol drugs, I illustrate how the model can be used to estimate customer value and competitive advanta...
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作者：McNamara, GM; Luce, RA; Thompson, GH
作者单位：Michigan State University; Michigan State University's Broad College of Business; Texas Christian University; University of Tampa
摘要：A developing stream of research in the strategy, field explores the competitive structure of industries,from the perspective of industry participants. This work, has demonstrated that managers develop strategic group knowledge structures in order to make sense of their competitive environment. This study extends this line of research by examining the complexity evident in the strategic group knowledge structures dei,eloped by firms' top management teams and assessing the relationship between c...
