Publication Type
Journal Article
Version
publishedVersion
Publication Date
2004
Abstract
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.
Keywords
multinational corporations, MNCs, strategy-structure-performance relationships, resource-based theory, intangible assets, synergy, global strategy, partner relationships, organisational structure, foreign market entry strategies
Discipline
Strategic Management Policy
Research Areas
Strategy and Organisation
Publication
International Journal of Management and Decision-Making
Volume
5
Issue
2-3
First Page
99
Last Page
116
ISSN
1462-4621
Identifier
10.1504/IJMDM.2004.005343
Publisher
Inderscience
Citation
FURRER, Olivier; KRUG, Jeffrey A.; Sudharshan, D.; and THOMAS, Howard.
Resource-based Theory and its Link to the Global Strategy, Structure and Performance Relationship: An Integrative Framework. (2004). International Journal of Management and Decision-Making. 5, (2-3), 99-116.
Available at: https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/lkcsb_research/3887
Copyright Owner and License
Inderscience
Creative Commons License
This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-No Derivative Works 4.0 International License.
Additional URL
https://doi.org/10.1504/IJMDM.2004.005343