Expert Systems, Knowledge Development and Utilization, and Sustained Competitive Advantage: A Resource-Based Model

1998 ◽  
Vol 24 (4) ◽  
pp. 489-509 ◽  
Author(s):  
Augustine A. Lado ◽  
Michael J. Zhang
Keyword(s):  
Expert Systems ◽  
Competitive Advantage ◽  
Organizational Knowledge ◽  
Knowledge Development ◽  
Future Research ◽  
Sustainable Competitive Advantage ◽  
Sustained Competitive Advantage ◽  
Organizational Competencies ◽  
Development And Utilization

In this paper, we propose a resource-based model to explain how expert systems generate sustained competitive advantage for a firm. Speciftcally, we analyze the extent to which expert systems (ESs) exhibit the attributes of value, rareness, imperfect imitability, and non substitutability associated with a rent-generating resource (e.g., Barney, 1991). Then, we discuss how expert systems yield sustainable competitive advantage through fostering organizational knowledge development and utilization. Finally, we examine the role of ESs in engenden’ng a reciprocal, mutually enhancing relationship with organizational competencies, leading to sustained competitive advantage. Propositions are ofleered to facilitate future research.

The Knowledge Creation Organization: The Case of Alphana

2012 ◽  
pp. 78-90
Author(s):  
Thang Nguyen Ngoc
Keyword(s):  
Competitive Advantage ◽  
Knowledge Creation ◽  
Future Research ◽  
Sustainable Competitive Advantage ◽  
Knowledge Based ◽  
The Future

Knowledge and the capability to create and utilize knowledge today are consid- ered to be the most important sources of a firm’s sustainable competitive advantage. This paper aims to advance understanding of the knowledge creation of firm in Vietnam by studying Alphanam Company. The case illustrates how knowledge- based management pursues a vision for the future based on ideals that consider the relationships of people in society. The finding shows that the case succeeded because of their flexibility and mobility to keep meeting to the changing needs of the customers or stakeholders. The paper also provided some suggestions for future research to examine knowledge-based management of the companies in a different industry segments and companies originating in other countries

scholarly journals Sustainable Competitive Advantage Needs Green Human Resource Practices: A Framework for Environmental Management

2018 ◽  
Vol 22 (3) ◽  
pp. 424-442 ◽  
Author(s):  
Lívia Almada ◽  
Renata Borges
Keyword(s):  
Sustainable Development ◽  
Competitive Advantage ◽  
Human Resource ◽  
Pollution Prevention ◽  
Future Research ◽  
Organizational Sustainability ◽  
Sustainable Competitive Advantage ◽  
Integrative Framework ◽  
Hr Practices ◽  
Hr Management

Abstract The aim of this theoretical essay is to analyze the role of human resource (HR) management to achieve organizational sustainable competitive advantage (SCA), through the Natural Resource Based View (NRBV) perspective. We performed an exploratory-descriptive bibliographic research. We first provide key definitions to identify SCA, such as sustainability, sustainable development, and organizational sustainability. We then developed a theoretical framework integrating HR practices with NRBV strategies (pollution prevention, product stewardship, and sustainable development) in order to achieve SCA. As results, a set of propositions regarding HR management and sustainability are offered to be empirically analyzed in future research. The major contribution of this study is to offer an integrative framework of HR practices and NRBV strategies. This paper also adds value to managers by presenting ways to implement HR management for organizational sustainability achievement.

The Role of Medical Tourism in Emerging Markets

2015 ◽  
pp. 89-109 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kijpokin Kasemsap
Keyword(s):  
Emerging Markets ◽  
Competitive Advantage ◽  
Organizational Performance ◽  
Business Performance ◽  
Medical Tourism ◽  
Strategic Plan ◽  
Sustainable Competitive Advantage

This chapter reveals the role of medical tourism (MT) in emerging markets, give an overview of tourism, medical tourism, and emerging markets; discusses the advancement of medical tourism in emerging markets; the significance of medical tourism in emerging markets; and the characteristics of medical tourism in emerging markets. The execution of medical tourism is essential for modern organizations that seek to serve suppliers and customers, enhance business performance, reinforce competitiveness, and gain ordinary success in emerging markets. Thus, it is essential for modern organizations to consider their medical tourism applications, create a strategic plan to consistently investigate their dynamic promotion, and instantly respond to the needs of medical tourists in emerging markets. Understanding medical tourism will significantly improve organizational performance and achieve sustainable competitive advantage in emerging markets.

Branding Strategies for Digital TV Channels

2012 ◽  
pp. 57-68
Author(s):  
Margherita Pagani
Keyword(s):  
Competitive Advantage ◽  
Selection Process ◽  
Digital Tv ◽  
Digital Television ◽  
Sustainable Competitive Advantage ◽  
Television Network ◽  
Branding Strategies ◽  
Managerial Implications ◽  
The Impact

This chapter analyses the impact of digitalization on TV marketing strategies focusing on the role of brand as a loyalty-based resource, available to digital television networks to create a sustainable competitive advantage. We analyze the cognitive process adopted by a viewer in the selection process of a TV channel and provide managerial implications for branding strategy and the tools that a television network and an iTV portal need to adopt to communicate values connected with their brand. The goal of this analysis is to offer insights on how a digital television network may create a channel experience leveraging on brand to increase viewers’ loyalty and competitive advantage.

Apache Sustained Competitive Advantage in the Web Server Industry

2011 ◽  
pp. 259-273
Author(s):  
Carlos D. Santos ◽  
Márcio A. Gonçalves ◽  
Fabio Kon
Keyword(s):  
Competitive Advantage ◽  
Web Server ◽  
Organizational Capabilities ◽  
Future Research ◽  
Internal Resources ◽  
For Profit ◽  
Sustained Competitive Advantage ◽  
Volunteer Labor ◽  
Open Source Communities ◽  
The Web

Open source communities such as the ones responsible for Linux and Apache became well known for producing, with volunteer labor innovating over the Internet, high-quality software that has been widely adopted by organizations. In the web server market, Apache has dominated in terms of market share for over 15 years, outperforming corporations and research institutions. The resource-based view (RBV) of firms posits that an organization outperforms its competitors because it has valuable, rare, imperfectly imitable, and non-substitutable resources. Accordingly, one concludes that Apache possesses such resources to sustain its competitive advantage. However, one does not know what those resources are. This chapter is an effort to locate them, answering the question: “What resources enable Apache to outperform its for-profit competitors consistently?” This research draws on the RBV to develop a series of propositions about Apache’s internal resources and organizational capabilities. For each proposition developed, methods for their empirical validation are proposed, and future research directions are provided.

Creating Organizational Knowledge

2007 ◽  
pp. 42-63
Author(s):  
Nilmini Wickramasinghe ◽  
Dag Von Lubitz
Keyword(s):  
Competitive Advantage ◽  
Decision Maker ◽  
Organizational Knowledge ◽  
Sustainable Competitive Advantage ◽  
Knowledge Based ◽  
Comprehensive Coverage

This book provides comprehensive coverage of all areas (people, process, and technology) necessary to become a knowledge-based enterprise. It presents several frameworks facilitating the implementation of a KM initiative and its ongoing management so that pertinent knowledge and information are always available to the decision maker, and so the organization may always enjoy a sustainable competitive advantage

Building New Knowledge and the Role of Synthesis in Innovation

2009 ◽  
Vol 1 (1) ◽  
pp. 13-27 ◽  
Author(s):  
Bill Burnett
Keyword(s):  
Competitive Advantage ◽  
Sustainable Competitive Advantage ◽  
New Knowledge ◽  
Big Picture ◽  
A Company

We innovate to create competitive advantage. Competitive advantage is found in new knowledge, which solves the buyer's problem. Humans create new knowledge in three ways: through Discovery - stumbling upon something that solves a problem; through Experimentation - trying different approaches to a problem until the solution is found; and through Synthesis - combining existing knowledge to create new knowledge. Today, Synthesis is the most common way we solve problems. Everyone synthesizes, but some people are extraordinarily good at it. They see the big picture, and how all the pieces fit together. Their brains have the ability to reach great mental distances to find remote metaphors which presents knowledge that turns into great solutions. Mixing your experts with people who are novice super-synthesizers can create best in class solutions and give a company a sustainable competitive advantage.

scholarly journals Building Competitive Advantage for Vietnamese Firms: The Roles of Knowledge Sharing and Innovation

2019 ◽  
Vol 10 (4) ◽  
pp. 1
Author(s):  
Son Thanh Than ◽  
Cung Huu Nguyen ◽  
Thang Quang Tran ◽  
Phong Ba Le
Keyword(s):  
Knowledge Management ◽  
Competitive Advantage ◽  
Knowledge Sharing ◽  
Structural Equation ◽  
Low Cost ◽  
Equation Modeling ◽  
Future Research ◽  
Knowledge Application ◽  
Mediating Role

The purpose of this study is to investigate the influence of knowledge sharing (KS) and two specific types of innovation on competitive advantage in Vietnamese firms. Based on using structural equation modeling (SEM) and survey data collected from 225 participants, the findings reveal that KS directly and indirectly affects firm’s competitive advantage through the mediating role of innovation speed and innovation quality. The findings stress the important role of building a positive climate to stimulate employees for sharing knowledge aimed at improving firm’s innovation capability, and sustaining competitive advantage. Future research needs to explore the relationship between three components of knowledge management namely knowledge acquisition, KS, and knowledge application, innovation, and specific aspects of competitive advantage (such as low cost advantage, differentiation advantage, and time advantage) to provide deeper the mechanism of how specifics aspects of knowledge management connected with firm’s certain types of competitive advantage through innovation.

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