Resource-based Theory and its Link to the Global Strategy, Structure and Performance Relationship: An Integrative Framework

• Main Authors: FURRER, Olivier, KRUG, Jeffrey A., Sudharshan, D., THOMAS, Howard
• Format: text
• Language: English
• Published: Institutional Knowledge at Singapore Management University 2004
• Subjects: multinational corporations; MNCs; strategy-structure-performance relationships; resource-based theory; intangible assets; synergy; global strategy; partner relationships; organisational structure; foreign market entry strategies; Strategic Management Policy
• Online Access: https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/lkcsb_research/3887; https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/context/lkcsb_research/article/4886/viewcontent/Resource_based_theory_2004_pv.pdf
• Institution: Singapore Management University

The global strategy literature provides a basis for examining strategy, structure, and performance relationships in multinational firms. We develop a framework that examines these relationships and their linkages to the firm's intangible asset portfolio. Drawing on resource-based theory, this framework suggests that an on-going multinational firm's worldwide performance is dependent on the fit between its intangible asset portfolio, foreign market entry strategies, partner relationships, and worldwide organisational structure. Each of these dimensions can be linked back to the firm's worldwide strategy and the characteristics of its industry. Implications for research are discussed.