Configural Advantage in Global Markets
- 1 March 2000
- journal article
- research article
- Published by SAGE Publications in Journal of International Marketing
- Vol. 8 (1) , 6-26
- https://doi.org/10.1509/jimk.8.1.6.19564
Abstract
Achieving a sustainable competitive advantage in global markets depends on the geographic scope and diversity of the firm's operations and their interlinkage, as well as on the extent of market integration and interdependence. The spatial configuration of the firm's assets, capabilities, and resources and the ability to manage and use these resources effectively are crucial elements of the firm's global strategy. The authors examine the nature of a firm's configural advantage in global markets in terms of its key components, capabilities, and management issues.This publication has 16 references indexed in Scilit:
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