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Resource orchestration in the context of knowledge resources acquisition and divestment. The empirical evidence from the Italian “Serie A” football

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  • Lanza, Andrea
  • Simone, Giuseppina
  • Bruno, Randolph

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We investigate how resource orchestration influences performance within the ‘knowledge resource management’ approach by exploiting a novel database on the Italian Serie A top-professional football league spanning from the 1960–61 up to the 1991–92 season. We find that the acquisition of experience via newcomers has a U-shaped non-monotonic relationship with performance. Furthermore, we find that releasing co-specialized employees has a positive moderating role within the relationship between team experience and performance by suggesting that dismissing old routines positively influences the relationship between current routines and team's performance.

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  • Lanza, Andrea & Simone, Giuseppina & Bruno, Randolph, 2016. "Resource orchestration in the context of knowledge resources acquisition and divestment. The empirical evidence from the Italian “Serie A” football," European Management Journal, Elsevier, vol. 34(2), pages 145-157.
    • Handle: RePEc:eee:eurman:v:34:y:2016:i:2:p:145-157
    DOI: 10.1016/j.emj.2015.12.003
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