Get 20M+ Full-Text Papers For Less Than $1.50/day. Start a 14-Day Trial for You or Your Team.

Learn More →

Does law as resource bring a competitive advantage to companies?

Does law as resource bring a competitive advantage to companies? Resources and their analysis are essential to understand better companies’ internal and external dynamics and the weight each has in obtaining competitive advantages over the competition. This study aims to address the law and legal knowledge as a fundamental resource for companies to succeed in the markets to obtain a sustainable competitive advantage.Design/methodology/approachBased upon a sample of 200 managers, a structural equation model was used to validate the hypotheses under study.FindingsResults show awareness and managers’ perception of the importance of law as a resource and its advantages for companies and the dichotomy between recognising this importance and not using it consistently.Originality/valueKnowing the scope of business law and its growing importance for companies and being academically aware of the inexistence of studies that analyse the law as an individualised resource for companies, this study has a crucial contribution to the interconnection of these two fields – business and law. http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Management Research The Journal of the Iberoamerican Academy of Management Emerald Publishing

Loading next page...
 
/lp/emerald-publishing/does-law-as-resource-bring-a-competitive-advantage-to-companies-TpvM9a0oCM

References (44)

Publisher
Emerald Publishing
Copyright
© Emerald Publishing Limited
ISSN
1536-5433
eISSN
1536-5433
DOI
10.1108/mrjiam-07-2021-1204
Publisher site
See Article on Publisher Site

Abstract

Resources and their analysis are essential to understand better companies’ internal and external dynamics and the weight each has in obtaining competitive advantages over the competition. This study aims to address the law and legal knowledge as a fundamental resource for companies to succeed in the markets to obtain a sustainable competitive advantage.Design/methodology/approachBased upon a sample of 200 managers, a structural equation model was used to validate the hypotheses under study.FindingsResults show awareness and managers’ perception of the importance of law as a resource and its advantages for companies and the dichotomy between recognising this importance and not using it consistently.Originality/valueKnowing the scope of business law and its growing importance for companies and being academically aware of the inexistence of studies that analyse the law as an individualised resource for companies, this study has a crucial contribution to the interconnection of these two fields – business and law.

Journal

Management Research The Journal of the Iberoamerican Academy of ManagementEmerald Publishing

Published: Jul 8, 2022

Keywords: Management; Strategy; Competitive advantage; Law; Resource-based view; Direito; Visão baseada em recursos; Conhecimento jurídico; Estratégia; Vantagem competitiva; VBR; Astúcia jurídica; Derecho; Enfoque basado en recursos; Conocimiento legal; Estrategia; Ventaja competitiva; VBR; Astucia legal

There are no references for this article.