Resource determinants of strategy and performance: The case of British exporters

This study adopts the RBV of the firm in order to identify critical advantage-generating resources and capabilities with strong positive export strategy and performance implications. The proposed export performance model is tested using a structural equation modelling approach on a sample of 356 Bri...

Full description

Saved in:
Bibliographic Details
Published inJournal of world business : JWB Vol. 47; no. 4; pp. 635 - 647
Main Authors Beleska-Spasova, Elena, Glaister, Keith W., Stride, Chris
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Greenwich Elsevier Inc 01.10.2012
Elsevier Science Ltd
Subjects
British exporters
Business economics
Capabilities
Economic theory
Export performance
Exporters
Exports
Knowledge
Planning methods
Resource management
Resources
Strategic management
Strategy
Studies
Technology
Western Europe
United Kingdom > UK
British exporters
Strategy
Resources
Performance
Capabilities
Online AccessGet full text

Cover

More Information
Summary:This study adopts the RBV of the firm in order to identify critical advantage-generating resources and capabilities with strong positive export strategy and performance implications. The proposed export performance model is tested using a structural equation modelling approach on a sample of 356 British exporters. We examine the individual as well as the concurrent (simultaneous) direct and indirect effects of five resource bundles on export performance. We find that four resources/capabilities: managerial, knowledge, planning, and technology, have a significant positive direct effect on export performance, while relational and physical resources exhibited no unique positive effect. We also find that the firm's export strategy mediates the resource–performance nexus in the case of managerial and knowledge-based resources. The theoretical and methodological grounding of this study contributes to the advancement of export related research by providing better specification of the nature of the effects – direct or indirect – of particular resource factors on export performance.
Bibliography:ObjectType-Article-2
SourceType-Scholarly Journals-1
ObjectType-Feature-1
content type line 23
ISSN:1090-9516
1878-5573
DOI:10.1016/j.jwb.2011.09.001