Since the interest of this study is on the influence of competitive advantages on a firm´s competitive position, the potential moderating effect of firm age and size is minimized by incorporating these two as control variables in the model.
Despite their usefulness in explaining firm competitiveness, the frame-works proposed by Buckley et al. (1988), IMDWEF (1993) and Gorynia (2001) seem to overlook the potential role of external factors.
Network theory suggests that the ability of a firm to gain access to many kinds of resources – money, materials, clients and technical staff services (Van de Ven et al., 1979) beyond their control, either through formal or informal networks (Kingsley and Malecki, 2004) can contribute to the success of the firm (Zhao and Aram, 1995).
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