作者:Lengnick-Hall, CA; Wolff, JA
作者单位:Wichita State University
摘要:The logical foundations shaping three prominent streams of strategic management thought are summarized and then compared and contrasted. The intent is to determine whether these research streams are restatements of a single core logic using different terms to describe the same phenomena and relationships, or whether they provide alternate, and potentially competing, explanations for effective strategic action. Analysis reveals some concordant assertions, some similarities across pairs of frame...
作者:McEvily, B; Zaheer, A
作者单位:Carnegie Mellon University; University of Minnesota System; University of Minnesota Twin Cities
摘要:What explains differences in firms' abilities to acquire competitive capabilities? In this paper we propose that a firm's embeddedness in a network of ties is an important source of variation in the acquisition of competitive capabilities. We argue that firms in geographical clusters that maintain networks rich in bridging ties and sustain ties to regional institutions are well-positioned to access new information ideas, and opportunities Hypotheses based on these ideas were tested on a strati...