How Does A Technological Firm Develop Its Competitive Advantage? A Dynamic Capability Perspective

Kuo-Feng Huang; Lei-Yu  Wu; Romano Dyerson; Chun-Fu  Chen

doi:10.1109/TEM.2011.2176340

How Does A Technological Firm Develop Its Competitive Advantage? A Dynamic Capability Perspective

Kuo-Feng Huang
, Lei-Yu Wu
, Romano Dyerson
, Chun-Fu Chen

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Abstract

Dynamic capabilities have been widely discussed in
the past decade but how the determinants of dynamic capabilities
affect a firm’s competitive advantage has not been fully explored.
This paper develops a quantitative method to investigate how a
firm’s dynamic capabilities affect a firm’s competitive advantage.
This study examines the developed hypotheses through a questionnaire
survey of 165 firms together with a number of interviews
drawn from Taiwan’s information and communication technology
industry. The results suggest that three determinants of dynamic
capabilities (i.e., path, process, and position) influence a technological
firm’s competitive advantage in different ways. Both position
and process have direct positive impacts on firm competitive advantage
while position also has a mediating effect on the relationship
between process and firm competitive advantage. This paper closes
with theoretical and practical implications.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	1-10
Number of pages	10
Journal	IEEE TRANSACTIONS ON ENGINEERING MANAGEMENT
Volume	59
Issue number	4
Early online date	25 Oct 2011
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1109/TEM.2011.2176340
Publication status	Published - 1 Mar 2012

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