Managerial Knowledge, Expansion Trajectories, and Competitive Advantage Among Large Firms in the United States Paper Industry, 1973--1992
Gorman, Philip Christopher
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Title
Managerial Knowledge, Expansion Trajectories, and Competitive Advantage Among Large Firms in the United States Paper Industry, 1973--1992
Author(s)
Gorman, Philip Christopher
Issue Date
1998
Doctoral Committee Chair(s)
Thomas, Howard
Department of Study
Business Administration
Discipline
Business Administration
Degree Granting Institution
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Degree Name
Ph.D.
Degree Level
Dissertation
Keyword(s)
Business Administration, Management
Language
eng
Abstract
Results of empirical tests provide support for theoretical predictions that link attributes of the firm's top management team with the firm's capacity expansion path. Specifically, top management teams hiring managers from large firms, from large plants, and from slow-growth plants are likely to expand at above-average rates. Further, some evidence is found that a firm's capacity expansion path is related to the resource-based variables---particularly human resources, skills & capabilities, and product line expansion---that occupy managers' minds. The results provide a foundation on which to build the next step in linking capacity expansion paths with managerial knowledge - longitudinal investigation into the sources of managerial perceptions of key strategic variables that are found to affect capacity expansion paths.
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