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Research Agenda in The Resource Based View of the Firm. Bulent Menguc Brock University. The Resource Based View of the Firm.
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Research Agenda in The Resource Based View of the Firm Bulent Menguc Brock University
The Resource Based View of the Firm A firm’s valuable, rare, socially complex, and inimitable resources generate a competitive advantage and, thereby, an above-normal rate of return. Thus, the heterogeneity of resources across firms explains their comparative differences in competitive advantage in the marketplace.
Multidisciplinary Literature • Management • Barney (1991, JoM) • Wernerfelt (1984, SMJ) • Marketing • Day and Wensley (1988, JM) • Hunt and Morgan (1995, 1996; JM)
Type of Resources • Tangible • Examples: product/process inputs, facilities, locations, patents, and technological equipment • Characteristic: protected from imitation by property rights • Intangible • Examples: discrete or systemic knowledge-based • Characteristics: protected from imitation by knowledge barriers between competitors • allow firms to add value to their tangible resources
Dynamic Capabilities Perspective (Complementarity of Resources) • Question: Why are some firms, despite the relatively superior resources they possess, not able to sustain their competitive advantage over time, especially in dynamic markets? • Answer: Some firms are more able to transform their resources into dynamic capabilities, especially in turbulent markets. • If so, HOW?
Resource Complementarities Dynamic Capabilities Competitive Advantage Critical Aspects of the RBV Proposition 1: Bharadwaj, Varadarajan, and Fahy (1993, JM) Day and Wensley (1988, JM) Research - Bhuian, Menguc, and Bell (2005, JBR) - Menguc and Barker (2005, EJM) - Menguc and Ozanne (2005, JBR) - Menguc and Auh (2006, JAMS) - Auh and Menguc (2006, JBR)
Internal Environment Resource Complementarities Dynamic Capabilities Competitive Advantage Critical Aspects of the RBV Proposition 2: Lado and Wilson (1994, AMR) Research-Auh and Menguc (2005, IMM) - Auh and Menguc (forthcoming, IMM)
Internal Environment Business Strategy Resource Complementarities Dynamic Capabilities Positional Advantages Competitive Advantage Critical Aspects of the RBV Proposition 3: Day and Wensley (1988, JM) Research-Cousins and Menguc (2006, JOM) - Menguc, Auh, and Shih (under review, JBR) - Menguc and Auh (work in progress)