This study integrates research from strategy, economics, and applied psychology to examine how organizations may leverage their human resources to enhance firm performance and competitive advantage. Staffing and training are key human resource management practices used to achieve firm performance through acquiring and developing human capital resources. However, little research has examined whe...

Improving banks performance is important for investors, creditors and other stakeholders. IT as a strategic resource can help bank managers to gain competitive advantage by improving banks’ capabilities. The aim of this study is to investigate the impact of IT and two other variables on firm performance considering the moderating role of environmental dynamism and strategy. IT costs, number of ...

The use of information systems for competitive advantage has been the topic of much writing and research. As a successful example, American Airlines’ aggressive use of its computer-based reservation system, SABRE, has often been cited for improving operational efficiency, increasing organizational flexibility, and altering interorganizational relationships. Yet, little attention has been given ...

The proponents of the resource-based view (RBV) have long argued that a firm gains sustainable competitive advantage from those resources and capabilities it controls and which are valuable, rare, imperfectly imitable, and not substitutable. So, does information technology (IT) outsourcing strip companies of any competitive advantage that is attributed to IT? It has been said that information s...

Fast growth by a firm often can lead to conflict with its competitors over market shares. This conflict impacts on the growth rate of the firm as well as on industry structure. The nature of these impacts depends on the competitive strategies adopted by the firm and its competitors. Alternative patterns of strategies are identified and analyzed, including patterns associated with Schumpeter’s t...

The study aims to examine the relationship between R&D spending and firm performance test for mediator effect of competitive advantage on private firms in Thailand. By collecting data from sample with a questionnaire 151 companies This study’s main objectives are performance. research is tested analyzed by structure equation model. As results, found that even though do not directly have perform...

In this paper, we propose two possible remedies for corporate governance research. First, when examining the effects of corporate governance, researchers may want to simultaneously consider the role of firm resources and capabilities. Second, linking corporate governance with firm-level competitive behaviour rather than with firm-level performance may enable researchers to detect more nuances a...

Corporate social responsibility (CSR) is an important strategy for firms to gain a positive reputation. This study aims identify the mediating role of firm reputation on relationships CSR dimensions (economic, legal, ethical, philanthropic and environmental) competitive advantage, how directly gains advantage through implementation. Data were collected by surveying 869 managers, as representati...