The Impact of Causal Ambiguity on Competitive Advantage and Rent Appropriation
区分了三种因果模糊性类型，分析它们如何影响竞争优势的可持续性和租金占有，并探讨了决策者面对模糊性时的困难及对资源创造过程的启示。
We seek to develop the conceptual and practical understanding of causal ambiguity. Specifically we extend current thinking by setting out three types of causal ambiguity, based on whether firm resources are perceived to display linkage and/or characteristic ambiguity, and by examining for each type the impact of causal ambiguity on the sustainability of competitive advantage and on rent appropriation. We highlight the difficulties decision‐makers face when they perceive ambiguity and finally we explore some implications of ambiguity with respect to resource‐creation processes.