The Persistence of Knowledge - Based Advantage : An Empirical Test for Product Performance and Technological Knowledge  

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McEvily, Susan K. ; Chakravarthy, Bala

Jenis: Article from Journal - ilmiah internasional
Dalam koleksi: Strategic Management Journal vol. 23 no. 4 (2002), page 285-306.
Topik: KNOWLEDGE; knowledge; resource - based theory; product imitation; sustainable advantage; technological innovation

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Perpustakaan Pusat (Semanggi) Nomor Panggil: SS30.9 Non-tandon: 1 (dapat dipinjam: 0) Tandon: tidak ada

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Resource - based theory maintains that intrinsic characteristics of resources and capabilities, such as their tacitness, complexity and specificity, prevent imitation and thereby prolong exceptional performance. There is little direct evidence to verify these clains, yet a substantial literature encourages forms to formulate competitive strategies around resources with these attributes. Further, work outside the resource - based tradition suggests that these attributes can slow innovation and it is not clear whenthis effect outweighs the benefits of inimitability. This paper seeks to clarify whether and how the complexity tacitness, and specificity of a firm;s knowledge affect the persistence of its performance advantages. We find that the complexity and tacitness of technological knowledge are useful for defensing a firm's major product improvements from imitation, but not for protecting its minor improvements. The design specificity of technological knowledge delayed imitation of minor improvements in this study.

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