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Impact of knowledge brokering on performance heterogeneity among business models / Palacios, Miguel
Article
Purpose The strategic management literature lacks a comprehensive explanation as to why
seemingly similar business models in the same industry perform differently. This paper strives to
explain this phenomenon.
Design/methodology/approach The model is conceptualized and accompanied by a case study
on the airline industry to explain knowledge brokerage that creates value from the effective utilization
of knowledge resources acquired from intra- and inter-firm environments.
Findings The model explains a cyclical view of business model flexibility in which the
knowledge-based resource accumulation of the business model is spread across the intra- and
inter-firm environments. Knowledge brokerage strategies from the inter- and intra-firm environments
result in improved performance of the business model. The flexibility that the business model acquires
is determined by how efficiently resource accumulation is aligned with its external environment.
Originality/value The paper effectively integrates the concepts of knowledge brokerage and
business models from a resource accumulation-based view and simultaneously arrives at the
performance heterogeneity of seemingly similar business models within the same industry. It has
performance implications for firms that start out without any distinct resources of their own, or that
use an imitated business model, to attain better performance through business model evolution aligned
with successful knowledge brokerage strategies. It adds to the resource accumulation literature by
explaining how resources can be effectively acquired to create value.
See the journal "DYNA, Vol. 50, nº 9"
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