Autori: Lanza, Andrea, Pellegrino, Antonella, Simone, Giuseppina
Titolo: La definizione del costrutto di eterogeneità e il legame eterogeneità-performance
Periodico: Economia e politica industriale
Anno: 2009 - Volume: 36 - Fascicolo: 2 - Pagina iniziale: 105 - Pagina finale: 129

Defining the heterogeneity construct and linking it to performance Although heterogeneity has gained broad acknowledgement as a crucial phenomenon in the resource-based perspective, its relevance, whether as a source of inter-firm differences or of differences in firms’ performance, has often been taken for granted rather been empirically assessed. Further, heterogeneity has been accepted as a self-explanatory concept instead of being studied and clarified as a construct for empirical research. Therefore, the goal of this paper is to define the heterogeneity construct and to eventually link the latter to firms’ performances. A research on a 132 firms sample drawn from the Italian tool machine industry has been carried out to pursue this task. By means of a Structural Equation Model (LISREL) a 3-dimension construct has emerged; the heterogeneity construct dimensions are: contextuality, complexity and intertwinedness. The impact of heterogeneity on firms’ performance has also been confirmed by means of LISREL. .

Keywords: resource-heterogeneity, construct development, competitive advantage, Structural Equations Models
Parole chiave: eterogeneità delle risorse, sviluppo del costrutto, legame eterogeneitàvantaggio competitivo, modelli di equazioni strutturali .

Jel Classification: M100




SICI: 0391-2078(2009)36:2<105:LDDCDE>2.0.ZU;2-F
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