The examination of the possible direct link between environmental protection and firm performance in the literature has generally produced mixed results. The present paper contributes to the literature by using the resource-based view as a mediating process in this relationship. The study specifically tests whether or not the resource-based view of the firm mediates the positive relationships o...

with rapid changes in the business environment, organizations are increasingly looking at human resources as a unique asset that can provide sustained competitive advantage. as much as, people are viewed among the most important resources to firms, hr strategy would be central to achieve competitive advantages .firms should view hr strategy as an important tool for integrating competencies insi...

Purpose – Drawing on a network perspective on enterprise agility, the purpose of this paper is to explore whether firms with superior network structure not only may be better able to generate direct effect on firm performance, but whether a superior network structure may also help firms to create better firm agility and thus enhance their performance. Design/methodology/approach – The study emp...

Purpose – This paper examines whether the implementation of ERP impacts both business strategy and organizational capabilities which in turn enhance firm performance. Specifically, the paper investigates the mediating effect of business strategy and organizational capabilities on the relationship between ERP implementation and firm performance. Design/methodology/approach – Using secondary data...

A common issue in strategic management research involves sources of interfirm performance differences. Research on this issue assumes such competitive heterogeneity is attributable to variation in firm level factors of resources and capabilities, but this is difficult to establish empirically. This study begins to address this gap by examining the roles of Information Technology (IT) based capa...

A principal concern articulated in strategic management research is to understand reasons for performance differences among firms (Nelson, 1991). The resource-based view of the firm offers an explanation for this phenomenon: the possession of unique organizational resources implies that some firms outperform others and, therefore, represent the main source of sustainable competitive advantage. ...

Competitive advantage is a key concept in strategic management research for a number of reasons—not the least of which is that an avowed consequence of its attainment is held to be superior economic performance. However, few prior empirical studies have directly and systematically documented the incidence or prevalence of persistent superior economic performance. The research reported here is b...