This paper discusses when firms may expect economies in the accumulation of resources (asset mass efficiencies). Specifically, we describe situations in which the accumulation of a resource benefits from a “success breeds success” dynamic that creates an exponentially growing gap between...

This paper discusses the concept of time compression diseconomies and its importance to the sustainability of competitive advantage. It focuses on a key driver of time compression costs, the time-dependency of resource accumulation, and illustrates the effects of three characteristics of this...

The paper discusses patterns of resource erosion (alternatively called resource decay, leakage, depreciation). Taking a stocks-flows perspective, erosion is conceptualized as the loss of value per period (e.g. a year) of an asset stock (e.g. R&D capital, brand loyalty) as a consequence of a...