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Making the most of what you have: managerial ability as a source of resource value creation
Author(s) -
Holcomb Tim R.,
Holmes Jr. R. Michael,
Connelly Brian L.
Publication year - 2009
Publication title -
strategic management journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 11.035
H-Index - 286
eISSN - 1097-0266
pISSN - 0143-2095
DOI - 10.1002/smj.747
Subject(s) - resource (disambiguation) , premise , resource based view , business , context (archaeology) , value (mathematics) , knowledge management , industrial organization , empirical research , resource dependence theory , productivity , human resource management system , marketing , competitive advantage , human resource management , economics , microeconomics , computer science , computer network , paleontology , philosophy , linguistics , epistemology , machine learning , biology , macroeconomics
The current study investigates a central premise of the resource‐based view of the firm—that managers are a potential source of value creation for the firm. Using data from professional sports teams, we test theory regarding the effects of managerial ability, human resource stocks, and managers' actions on resource value creation. While results indicate managerial ability affects resource productivity, this effect is less pronounced with increases in the quality of firm resources. Further, we investigate the extent to which managerial actions that synchronize resource bundles account for the influence of managerial ability and resource context on a firm's performance advantage. These results contribute to our understanding of resource management and provide empirical evidence for the importance of managerial ability in the resource‐based view. Copyright © 2008 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.