India has achieved remarkable success in the software industry. The purpose of this paper is to discuss the diverse resources that have contributed to the competitive position of the Indian software industry. In accordance to Resource Based View (RBV), the main source of the range of firm’s...

The purpose of this paper was to continue the discussion on the representation of resources as a part of the business model concept. Recently, a business model concept has been proposed to support managing the exploitation of business opportunities. Such exploitation generates a need to select...

The resource-based view (RBV) of the firm has gained much attention in recent years as a means to understand how a strategic business unit obtains a sustainable competitive advantage. In this framework, several research studies have explored the relationships between resources/capabilities and...

Most theories of competitive advantage seek to explain rent capture at the firm level but ignore which internal stakeholders will appropriate this rent. For example, IO economics focuses on market structure and the resource-based view focuses on unique firm-level capabilities that rivals cannot...

Using two-sided markets as a specific market context, we show that cross-group network effects can turn the participants of a two-sided network into critical resources. In two-sided markets such as payment cards and personal computer operating systems, two groups of agents interact with each...

A new, emerging business model, of demand chain management (DCM) builds on a close alignment between marketing and SCM resources and capabilities. This paper aims to understand how to achieve marketing and SCM integration and subsequently deployment of an effective DCM through better utilization...

The Resource Based View (RBV) takes an ‘inside-out' view or firm-specific perspective on why organizations succeed or fail in the market place. According to RBV, firm's abilities also allow some firms to add value in customer value chain, develop new products or expand in new marketplace. The...