Organizational capital as competitive advantage of the firm
Abstract
Purpose
The elements that constitute the organizational capital or capital of the firm, namely its culture, structure, organizational learning, can be a source of competitive advantage. This paper is an attempt to assess organizational capital from the resource‐based view.
Design/methodology/approach
From an extensive literature review, an assessment framework for intellectual capital is developed.
Findings
By means of this framework organizational capital can be depicted as a set of: valuable assets; difficult to imitate; to replace; to transfer; with a prolonged life expectancy; and with a feasible rent appropriation.
Originality/value
Building of such an evaluation framework allows further research about other components of the intellectual capital of the firm, bridging the literatures focused on the resource‐based view and on intangible assets or intellectual capital.
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Citation
Martín‐de‐Castro, G., Emilio Navas‐López, J., López‐Sáez, P. and Alama‐Salazar, E. (2006), "Organizational capital as competitive advantage of the firm", Journal of Intellectual Capital, Vol. 7 No. 3, pp. 324-337. https://doi.org/10.1108/14691930610681438
Publisher
:Emerald Group Publishing Limited
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