Strategic resources and smallholder performance at the bottom of the pyramid
| Autor: | Clemens Lutz, Florian Noseleit, Wilfred Dolfsma, Matthias Olthaar |
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| Přispěvatelé: | Research programme I&O |
| Jazyk: | angličtina |
| Rok vydání: | 2019 |
| Předmět: |
Entrepreneurship
media_common.quotation_subject Context (language use) Resource-based theory Competitive advantage Resource (project management) Empirical research FUTURE VIEW 0502 economics and business MANAGEMENT Quality (business) Industrial organization USEFUL PERSPECTIVE media_common Downstream (petroleum industry) Bottom of the pyramid business.industry 05 social sciences Business Management & Organisation EMPIRICAL-RESEARCH ENTREPRENEURSHIP Mixed method Smallholder performance CAPABILITIES 050202 agricultural economics & policy Business FIRM RESOURCES RETHINKING 050203 business & management |
| Zdroj: | International Food and Agribusiness Management Review, 22(3), 365-380 International Food and Agribusiness Management Review 22 (2019) 3 International Food and Agribusiness Management Review, 22(3), 365-380. Wageningen Academic Publishers |
| ISSN: | 1096-7508 1559-2448 |
| DOI: | 10.22434/ifamr2018.0111 |
| Popis: | In a competitive business environment at the Bottom of the Pyramid smallholders supplying global value chains may be thought to be at the whims of downstream large-scale players and local market forces, leaving no room for strategic entrepreneurial behavior. In such a context we test the relationship between the use of strategic resources and firm performance. We adopt the Resource Based Theory and show that seemingly homogenous smallholders deploy resources differently and, consequently, some do outperform others. We argue that the ‘resource-based theory’ results in a more fine-grained understanding of smallholder performance than approaches generally applied in agricultural economics. We develop a mixed-method approach that allows one to pinpoint relevant, industry-specific resources, and allows for empirical identification of the relative contribution of each resource to competitive advantage. The results show that proper use of quality labor, storage facilities, time of selling, and availability of animals are key capabilities. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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