Resources, Technology and Strategy

ISBN-13: 9780415215855 / Angielski / Twarda / 2000 / 288 str.

Nicholas J. Foss; Paul L. Robertson

Opis

Over the past decade, the Resource-Based Perspective (RBP) has become a dominant force in strategic thinking. Under the influence of the RBP, managers have become increasingly aware of their ability to gain control over the destinies of their firms through the accumulation and efficient use of resources including production capabilities, marketing prowess, finance and organizational culture. Technology is undoubtedly one of the most important factors in the strategic management of resources. As the rate of change has accelerated in recent decades, firms have been challenged to use technological capabilities as weapons in their battles for market share. In this book, Foss and Robertson bring together contributors from Europe, North America and Asia to consider the strategic relationship between technology and other resources. Throughout the book, these experts take a critical approach to the RBP in order to assess both its strengths and weaknesses.

Spis treści

List of tables and figures, The contributors, 1 Introduction: resources, technology and strategy, 2 Equilibrium vs. evolution in the resource-based perspective: the conflicting legacies of Demsetz and Penrose, 3 Knowledge and capabilities: a new view of the firm, 4 Synthesising resource-based, evolutionary and neoclassical thought: resource-advantage theory as a general theory of competition, 5 A processual account of innovative capabilities, 6 Product and process architectures in the management of knowledge resources, 7 Building innovative assets and dynamic coherence in multi-technology companies, 8 Dynamic complementarities and technology acquisition, 9 Economic organisation and the accumulation of rent-yielding assets, 10 Capabilities and vertical disintegration in process technology: the case of semiconductor fabrication equipment, 11 Technological capabilities and the strategies of small manufacturing firms: the case of Hong Kong, 12 Technological capabilities and foreign direct investment in China, Index

O autorze

Nicolai J. Foss, Paul L. Robertson