Organizational Resources and Sustained Competitive Advantage of Cooperative Organizations in Malaysia

Resource-based view (RBV) theory posits tangible organizational resources are vital for superior business performance and sustainable competitive advantage (Galbreath, 2004; Fahy, 2002). Lippman and Rumelt (2003) assert firms' financial or physical assets can generate high value for competitive...

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Main Authors: Arif, SMM (Author), Aris, NA (Author), Arshad, R (Author), Othman, R (Author)
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: 2015
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520 3 |a Resource-based view (RBV) theory posits tangible organizational resources are vital for superior business performance and sustainable competitive advantage (Galbreath, 2004; Fahy, 2002). Lippman and Rumelt (2003) assert firms' financial or physical assets can generate high value for competitive advantage with minimal threat from replication. Firms should focus on identifying and exploiting resources to neutralize threats. This paper examines the effects of organization's tangible resources on cooperative's success. Content analyses of annual reports of Malaysian cooperatives testify tangible internal resources are a viable business strategy for sustained competitive advantage positively impacting performance. (C) 2015 The Authors. Published by Elsevier Ltd. 
650 0 4 |a CAPABILITIES 
650 0 4 |a cooperatives 
650 0 4 |a FIRM 
650 0 4 |a Organizational resources 
650 0 4 |a PERFORMANCE 
650 0 4 |a Resource-based view (RBV) theory 
650 0 4 |a sustainability 
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700 1 0 |a Arshad, R  |e author 
700 1 0 |a Othman, R  |e author