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A Structural Approach to Handling Endogeneity in Strategic Management: The Case of RBV

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  • Anup M. Nandialath

    (Zayed University - Zayed University)

  • Jeffrey P. Dotson

    (BYU - Brigham Young University)

  • Rodolphe Durand

    (GREGH - Groupement de Recherche et d'Etudes en Gestion à HEC - HEC Paris - Ecole des Hautes Etudes Commerciales - CNRS - Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique)

Abstract

In this paper we posit that the lack of consensus about empirical tests of resource based view (RBV) could be the result of endogenous resource picking on the part of firms. If resources are endogenously selected, regression based methods that examine their connection to firm performance will be mis-estimated. We show that traditional remedies for endogeneity do not resolve this problem when returns to resources are heterogeneous (as theorized under RBV) and when managers act with at least partial knowledge of the expected, idiosyncratic return (as theorized under the strategic factor market hypotheses). As such, we develop a Bayesian approach that solves this endogeneity problem by directly incorporating resource picking into the modeling framework. We illustrate the validity of our approach through the use of a comprehensive simulation study and show that our proposed approach outperforms traditional linear models (including traditional cures of endogeneity and unobserved heterogeneity) under a variety of conditions. Our findings suggest that: (1) research in strategy requires a more careful and deeper understanding of potential sources of endogeneity and (2) the use of Bayesian methods in management can help develop more theoretically motivated empirical approaches to hypothesis testing.

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  • Anup M. Nandialath & Jeffrey P. Dotson & Rodolphe Durand, 2014. "A Structural Approach to Handling Endogeneity in Strategic Management: The Case of RBV," Post-Print hal-00998268, HAL.
  • Handle: RePEc:hal:journl:hal-00998268
    DOI: 10.1111/emre.12023
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    Cited by:

    1. Tyson B. Mackey & Jay B. Barney & Jeffrey P. Dotson, 2017. "Corporate diversification and the value of individual firms: A Bayesian approach," Strategic Management Journal, Wiley Blackwell, vol. 38(2), pages 322-341, February.
    2. Xinjie Wang & Weike Xu & Zhaodong (Ken) Zhong, 2019. "Economic policy uncertainty, CDS spreads, and CDS liquidity provision," Journal of Futures Markets, John Wiley & Sons, Ltd., vol. 39(4), pages 461-480, April.
    3. Matte Hartog & Frank Neffke, 2017. "Does Managerial Experience Affect Strategic Change?," SPRU Working Paper Series 2017-06, SPRU - Science Policy Research Unit, University of Sussex Business School.
    4. Marta Gancarczyk, 2015. "Proces wzrostu przedsiębiorstwa w świetle podejścia zasobowego i teorii kosztów transakcyjnych," Gospodarka Narodowa. The Polish Journal of Economics, Warsaw School of Economics, issue 5, pages 5-31.

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