A resource‐based approach to the multibusiness firm: Empirical analysis of portfolio interrelationships and corporate financial performance
开发了一种基于资源的模型来分析多业务企业内各业务间的相互关系，并应用于解释大型制造企业的财务绩效，旨在缩小资源基础理论与实证研究之间的差距。
Abstract The resource‐based view of the firm has provided important new insights into corporate strategy (Barney, 1991; Peteraf, 1993); however, there has been only limited empirical research linked to the theory (e.g., Farjoun, 1994). Although a great deal of work has been done on Corporate diversification, the measures and data typically have a weak connection to resource‐based theory. Empirical research on resource‐based corporate strategy has been particularly dificult because key concepts such as tacit knowledge or capabilities resist direct measurement. This study is an effort to narrow the gap between theory and empirical research on the multibusiness firm. It develops a resource‐based approach to modeling interrelationships among businesses and applies it to the analysis of corporate economic performance. This approach proves to be significant in explaining the financial performance of large manufacturing firms, and it promises to be an important source of insight into corporate strategy.