Mariana Giovanna Andrade Rojas

Competitive Brokerage: External Resource Endowment and Information Technology As Antecedents

Researchers have demonstrated that firms in relevant network positions exhibit better performance and innovation. However, there is a need to understand the determinants of network positioning, especially in competition networks, which had received scant attention in the literature. This study investigates the external resource endowment and firm capabilities that determine firms’ competitive brokerage positions within competition networks. A firm in a competitive brokerage position lies between competitors’ paths or disconnected competitors. Firms in competitive brokerage positions are able to access novel and diverse information and knowledge in a timelier manner, obtaining a competitive advantage. In addition, they are able to mediate competitive attacks in different competitor communities. Drawing on the resource based view, the resource dependence theory and the structural embeddedness perspective, we investigate how merger and acquisitions and strategic centrality on alliances networks influence the...

Do Technological Resources Influence Competitive Brokerage? An Analysis In A Competition Network

Researchers have demonstrated that firms in relevant network positions exhibit better innovation and performance. However, there is a need to further understand the factors that enable firms to acq...