Linking the Production Network to Competitive Strategy

摘要：

Global production networks in multinational companies are complex structures. It takes years to put them in place and it is difficult to change them quickly. Diverse factors affect their shapes, and since many of these factors are outside the control of the firm, and their impacts come after varying time lags, these structures can evolve in unintended directions. To use Skinners (1969) famous analogy, they can easily turn into a “millstone in corporate strategy. If they are carefully constructed and monitored, they will be a formidable source of competitive advantage. If not, they can limit the firms strategic options or unwittingly cause a change in the strategy to fit their capabilities.

作者: Kasra Ferdows

作者单位: McDonough School of Business Georgetown University Washington DC 20057, USA

会议类型: 国际会议

会议名称: The Fourth International Conference on Operations and Supply Chain Management(第四届运营与供应链管理国际会议 ICOSCM 2010)

会议地点: 香港·广州

会议语种:英文

页码: 18-20

在线出版日期: 2010-07-25（万方平台首次上网日期，不代表论文的发表时间）