Titre du document / Document title

Manufacturing strategy and innovation in indigenous and foreign firms : an international study

Auteur(s) / Author(s)

CROWE Déirdre ⁽¹⁾ ; VECCHI Alessandra ⁽¹⁾ ; BRENNAN Louis ⁽²⁾ ; COUGHLAN Paul ⁽²⁾ ;

Affiliation(s) du ou des auteurs / Author(s) Affiliation(s)

⁽¹⁾ IIIS -The Sutherland Centre, Trinity College Dublin, Dublin, IRLANDE
⁽²⁾ School of Business Studies, Trinity College Dublin, Dublin, IRLANDE

Résumé / Abstract

This paper examines manufacturing strategy and innovation as determinants of competitiveness by comparing indigenous and foreign firms from the International Manufacturing Strategy Survey (IMSS). To this end, we consider indigenous firms, those operating in their home country of origin whereas foreign firms are those who operate outside their home country in foreign host country settings. Manufacturing strategy is examined through clearly distinguished manufacturing priorities, practices and performance. This paper takes the perspective of the Resource Based View (RBV), which sees competitiveness as 'deploying resources in a distinctive way' through a combination of priorities and practices. In examining manufacturing strategy and innovation, we detected a number of differences and similarities between indigenous and foreign plants using data gathered in 17 countries. Although there is growing empirical evidence showing that international firms perform better in almost all areas than their domestic counterparts, we found that innovative firms are more competitive regardless of their origin.

Revue / Journal Title

International journal of manufacturing technology and management   ISSN 1368-2148 

Source / Source

2007, vol. 11, n^o 1 (134 p.)  [Document : 25 p.] (4 p.1/4), pp. 3-27 [25 page(s) (article)]

Langue / Language

Anglais

Editeur / Publisher

Inderscience , Genève, ROYAUME-UNI  (2001) (Revue)

Mots-clés anglais / English Keywords

Empirical method ; Similarity solution ; Business model ; Perspective ; Firm strategy ; Similarity ; Resource management ; Priority ; Competitiveness ; Firm ; Innovation ;

Mots-clés français / French Keywords

. ; Méthode empirique ; Solution similitude ; Modèle entreprise ; Perspective ; Stratégie entreprise ; Similitude ; Gestion ressources ; Priorité ; Compétitivité ; Entreprise ; Innovation ;

Mots-clés espagnols / Spanish Keywords

Método empírico ; Solución semejanza ; Modelo empresa ; Perspectiva ; Estrategia empresa ; Similitud ; Gestión recursos ; Prioridad ; Competitividad ; Empresa ; Innovación ;

Mots-clés d'auteur / Author Keywords

international ; Resource-Based View (RBV) ; practices ; priorities ; performance ; innovation ;

Localisation / Location

INIST-CNRS, Cote INIST : 27528, 35400015996938.0010