Search results for "Resource-based View"

Processi di accumulazione e degrado del “capitale intellettuale” nel governo dello sviluppo aziendale Una prospettiva basata sulla dinamica delle ris…

2012

Sempre più spesso oggi le fonti del vantaggio competitivo dell’impresa non risiedono in singoli fattori della produzione (sebbene disponibili in quantità limitata, difficilmente imitabili o sostituibili da parte dei concorrenti), quanto piuttosto nella capacità di saper individuare e mantenere un opportuno dimensionamento quali-quantitativo di risorse strategiche tangibili e intangibili. Tra queste ultime, il “capitale intellettuale” assume una particolare rilevanza. Per comprendere i meccanismi sottostanti all’acquisizione di un vantaggio competitivo sostenibile è necessario cogliere i processi dinamici di accumulazione e degrado del “capitale intellettuale” e delle altre risorse strategic…

Learning to synthesise contradictions: an Austrian approach to bridging time concepts in the strategic theory of the firm

2012

Moving from an inquiry on the notions of time underlying strategy studies, in this paper we lay the groundwork for the elaboration of a multitemporal view of the firm. We draw on the Austrian process view in economic studies and on Nonaka's idea of synthesising capabilities to formulate a methodological framework which consents the elaboration of a multitemporal view of the resource-based firm, in which different time concepts are bridged and main actor behaviours crucial for prolonged firm success are encompassed. We then show how the multitemporal view of the firm which emerges from the deployment of the integration of the Austrian and Nonakian approaches consents the reinterpretation and…

INTERNATIONALISATION OF SMALL AND MEDIUM SICILIAN WINERIES: AN EXPLORATORY STUDY BASED ON THE RBV APPROACH

2014

Strategies of internationalization, such as export, have a central role as well to safeguard the market position and survival for many enterprises, including small and medium ones. The aim of this study is to investigate, through a resource-based view (RBV) approach, the main firms' internal factors that affect the export propensity of sparkling wines producers in Sicily and their ability to insert into foreign market. Based on review of extant literature we have identified the main factors, related both to the firms and to the managers characteristics, that affect the firm performance in the export market. Using survey data of 94 Sicilian small and medium wineries export oriented, this pap…

ABOUT THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN RESOURCES, CAPABILITIES AND COMPETENCES– THE RESOURCE- BASED PERSPECTIVE

2019

Firms are permanently looking for ways and for tools conditioning the creation of 8 lasting, long-term competitive advantage. A firm’s strategic potential, its resources, capabilities 9 and competences, is an important tool. The article delves into the relationship between these 10 potentials as identified from the perspective of the resource-based view. Herein, particular 11 emphasis is placed upon competences, as this is most distinctive strategic potential of a firm 12 because it plays a key role in building and maintaining competitive advantage.

The role of internal resources in the competitive positioning of Sicilian wine cooperatives

2019

The paper is an original article that uses accounting frameworks to determine what creates a competitive advantage in a cooperative business model. In particular, it investigates the influence of tangible, intangible and financial resources on the business performance of cooperatives operating in the Sicilian wine industry, with the RBV of the firms as a theoretical background. Using a linear regression model, our results show that tangible and financial resources are a source of a sustained competitive advantage. This study fills the gap existing in the strategic management literature related to the role of resources, tangible and intangible, in the cooperative system, providing both theor…

Internal vs. external R&D teams: Evidences from the Italian wine industry

2021

R&D teams' internationalization attracts interests from different research-streams. However, the decision on what type of R&D structure is more convenient to invest in may differ, based on several factors, such as risk-taking propensity and internal resource availability. With an aim to enrich the extant literature and to provide practical insights for managers working in the wine industry, this case study explores the determinants of an Italian family-owned winery that attempts to keep a balance between its internal and external R&D teams' decision, using an integrated theoretical framework based on the transaction costs and the resource-based view theory. The optimal R&D s…

Innovativeness and Family-Firm Performance: The Moderating Effect of Family Commitment

2016

The positive relationship between innovativeness and firm performance is well established and applies equally to all businesses, including family firms. However, little is yet known about how the unique characteristics of family firms influence this relationship. Drawing upon the resource-based view (RBV) of the firm, this study explains how the interplay between innovativeness as a firm-specific resource and family commitment as a family-specific resource affects performance. The analysis of longitudinal survey data collected from Finnish family firms demonstrates a curvilinear (U-shaped) moderating effect of the owner family’s commitment to the firm, in that the impact of innovativeness o…

The atractiveness and competitiveness of tourist destinations: A study on Southern Italian regions

2009

The present paper aims to assess the relative attractiveness of competing tourist destinations on the basis of individual visitors' perceptions regarding a holiday destination. Using the feeling of tourist well-being achieved by individual tourists we evaluate indirectly the competitive ability of the tourist area to offer a compound tourist site attractiveness. The methodology employed here uses individual survey questionnaires on the tourists' evaluation of the quality of tourist facilities and attributes in a given area (the 'regional tourist profile') as the basis for constructing an aggregate expression for the relative attractiveness of that area. Using various multidimensional statis…

Koncepcja logistyki w zasobowym nurcie zarządzania strategicznego

2017

Rola logistyki w zarządzaniu stale rośnie. Podstawą kształtowania i rozwoju koncepcji logistyki jest orientacja na przepływy. Koncepcja ta coraz częściej jest postrzegana jako systemowa determinanta sukcesu i przewagi konkurencyjnej przedsiębiorstwa, zajmująca istotne miejsce we współczesnym zarządzaniu strategicznym. W rozwoju koncepcji logistyki można wskazać pięć faz, umownie nazywanych kolejnymi koncepcjami logistyki: (1) logistyka jako funkcja operacyjnego zarządzania zadaniami i czynnościami logistycznymi, (2) logistyka jako funkcja strategicznego zarządzania procesami i potencjałami logistycznymi, (3) logistyka jako koncepcja przepływowo zorientowanego zarządzania przedsiębiorstwem, …

Fostering Entrepreneurs’ Capabilities to Outline Sustainable Strategies in ‘Stunted’ SMEs through Modelling and Simulation: a Dynamic Resource Based …

The literature recognises the phenomenon of ‘dwarf’ or ‘stunted’ small and micro firms (in Italian nanismo aziendale) and that they might represent potential lost opportunities for owners and the local economy. Based on a field survey conducted by Bianchi et al. (2003) and the analysis previously developed by the authors of this paper in sketching a simple ‘insight’ model to simulate the behaviour of such firms (Bianchi & Winch, 2005), this work aims to show further research developments in the effort to better understand the business dwarfism phenomenon. A system dynamics model replicating the basic no-growth, cyclical behaviour attributed to “stunted” SMEs is firstly analysed. Alterna…