ABSTRACT
Resources, Technology and Strategy brings together contributors from Europe, North America and Asia to consider the strategic relationship between technology and other resources, such as production capabilities, marketing prowess, finance and organisational culture.
Throughout the book, these experts take a critical approach to RBP (Resource-Based Perspective) in order to assess both its strengths and weaknesses. Case studies also highlight the importance of both having and not having strong technological capabilities in settings as diverse as the US semiconductor industry, small family manufacturing firms in Hong Kong and state-owned enterprises in China.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
chapter 2|20 pages
Equilibrium vs. evolution in the resource-based perspective
The conflicting legacies of Demsetz and Penrose
chapter 4|26 pages
Synthesising resource-based, evolutionary and neoclassical thought
Resource-advantage theory as a general theory of competition
chapter 10|26 pages
Capabilities and vertical disintegration in process technology
The case of semiconductor fabrication equipment
chapter 11|24 pages
Technological capabilities and the strategies of small manufacturing firms
The case of Hong Kong
