Human Resource Management practices that translate into sustainable competitive advantage

Investigating the Impact of Human Resource Management Strategies on Competitive Advantage (National Iranian Oil Company)

The main purpose of the study was to investigate the effect of human resource management strategies on competitive advantage. In terms of applied purpose, the research was a correlational survey. The statistical population of the study was 1500 employees of the National Iranian Oil Company. 306 people were selected based on Cochran's formula as a statistical sample by simple random sampling met...

Competencies and human resource management: implications for organizational competitive advantage

Purpose – The paper seeks to analyze in depth the organizational requirements for the exploitation of human resource management towards increased organizational performance, and to provide a conceptual framework for the analysis of human resource management in learning organizations. Design/methodology/approach – The paper takes the form of an extensive literature review on human resource manag...

Telecommunication Resource Management for Competitive Advantage

Sustainable Competitive Advantage: Combining Institutional and Resource- Based Views

This article suggests that the context and process of resource selection have an important influence on firm heterogeneity and sustainable competitive advantage. It is argued that a firm’s sustainable advantage depends on its ability to manage the institutional context of its resource decisions. A firm’s institutional context includes its internal culture as well as broader influences from the ...

Sustainable competitive advantage: towards a dynamic resource-based strategy

This paper introduces the concept of strategic advantage and distinguishes it from competitive advantage. This concept helps to explain the full nature of sustainable competitive advantage through uncovering the dynamics of resource-based strategy. A new classification of resources emerges, demonstrating that rents are more relevant than profits in the analysis of sustainable competitive advant...