Business Partnerships and Organizational Performance The Role of Res
In the rapidly changing business world, only a small percentage of firms are able to survive and prosper despite recessions, industrial evolutions and economic changes. An often-asked question is: What determines a firm’s sustainable competitive advantage
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Wei Jiang
Business Partnerships and Organizational Performance The Role of Resources and Capabilities
Contributions to Management Science
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Wei Jiang
Business Partnerships and Organizational Performance The Role of Resources and Capabilities
Wei Jiang Department of Marketing School of Management Xiamen University Xiamen, Fujian, China
ISSN 1431-1941 ISSN 2197-716X (electronic) ISBN 978-3-642-53988-6 ISBN 978-3-642-53989-3 (eBook) DOI 10.1007/978-3-642-53989-3 Springer Heidelberg New York Dordrecht London Library of Congress Control Number: 2014934572 © Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg 2014 This work is subject to copyright. All rights are reserved by the Publisher, whether the whole or part of the material is concerned, specifically the rights of translation, reprinting, reuse of illustrations, recitation, broadcasting, reproduction on microfilms or in any other physical way, and transmission or information storage and retrieval, electronic adaptation, computer software, or by similar or dissimilar methodology now known or hereafter developed. Exempted from this legal reservation are brief excerpts in connection with reviews or scholarly analysis or material supplied specifically for the purpose of being entered and executed on a computer system, for exclusive use by the purchaser of the work. Duplication of this publication or parts thereof is permitted only under the provisions of the Copyright Law of the Publisher’s location, in its current version, and permission for use must always be obtained from Springer. Permissions for use may be obtained through RightsLink at the Copyright Clearance Center. Violations are liable to prosecution under the respective Copyright Law. The use of general descriptive names, registered names, trademarks, service marks, etc. in this publication does not imply, even in the absence of a specific statement, that such names are exempt from the relevant protective laws and regulations and therefore free for general use. While the advice and information in this book are believed to be true and accurate at the date of publication, neither the authors nor the editors nor the publisher can accept any legal responsibility for any errors or omissions that may be made. The publisher makes no warranty, express or implied, with respect to the material contained herein. Printed on acid-free paper Springer is part of Springer Science+Business Media (www.springer.com)
Foreword
It is not often in the field of marketing that one sees a monogram of the doctoral thesis. Part of this is the need to publish from the thesis and part of this is the fear of exposing many mistakes in the long journey of undertaking a doctoral degree. In deciding to publish Business Partnership and Organizational Performance: The Role of Resources and Capabilities, Dr. Jiang Wei has overcome both fears and accepted the challenge that her work is worth circulating as part of the global human knowledge. The reader will find interest in bold attempts to concep
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