"Powered by whom?" : A network perspective on replication as strategy

This study examines the configuration of resources and activities among firms as a strategy to improve their position in a network through the replication of a template. The conceptual background combines the network approach to strategizing with the capability approach to replication. Using a longi...

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Main Author: Mota, João (author)
Other Authors: Castro, Luís M. de (author), Brito, Carlos (author)
Format: article
Language:eng
Published: 2022
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/10400.5/24612
Country:Portugal
Oai:oai:www.repository.utl.pt:10400.5/24612
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Summary:This study examines the configuration of resources and activities among firms as a strategy to improve their position in a network through the replication of a template. The conceptual background combines the network approach to strategizing with the capability approach to replication. Using a longitudinal study of a large wholesaler, this study demonstrates that change in a network position can result from two interwoven processes: the development and replication of a template in some sections of the network, and a rearrangement of the web of relationships among counterparts