Pulling from the front or pushing from behind: how competency prioritisation should differ to optimise firm competitiveness

Purpose: This study aims to contrast the disparities in optimal competitiveness configurations across international economies. Additionally, we analyse the competitive efficiency across firms of different performance endowments to identify distinctions and determine whether standardised or customise...

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Autores: Lafuente González, Esteban Miguel|||0000-0001-5889-7656, Vaillant, Yancy
Formato: artículo
Fecha de publicación:2021
País:España
Recursos:Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya (UPC)
Repositorio:UPCommons. Portal del coneixement obert de la UPC
Idioma:inglés
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https://dx.doi.org/10.1108/EBR-11-2020-0288
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Palavra-chave:Competition
Competitiveness
Multilevel
Benefit of the doubt
Competency configuration
Competitive efficiency
Competència econòmica
Àrees temàtiques de la UPC::Economia i organització d'empreses::Competitivitat i innovació
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spelling Pulling from the front or pushing from behind: how competency prioritisation should differ to optimise firm competitivenessLafuente González, Esteban Miguel|||0000-0001-5889-7656Vaillant, YancyCompetitionCompetitivenessMultilevelBenefit of the doubtCompetency configurationCompetitive efficiencyCompetència econòmicaÀrees temàtiques de la UPC::Economia i organització d'empreses::Competitivitat i innovacióPurpose: This study aims to contrast the disparities in optimal competitiveness configurations across international economies. Additionally, we analyse the competitive efficiency across firms of different performance endowments to identify distinctions and determine whether standardised or customised competitiveness configurations are optimal. Design/methodology/approach: This study uses a multilevel regression model to confirm country-specific effects followed by a non-parametric “Benefit-of-the-Doubt” (BoD) method to conduct an international comparison of the competitive efficiency of top- and poor-performing firms across eight European and Latin American economies. Findings: Not only are national ecosystems significant differentiators of competitive efficiency, but firm-level characteristics also explain these differences. It is found that more recent start-ups tend to experience significantly greater competitive efficiency. However, by separating the top-performing firms from the poor performers in each economy, it is found that the configurational outputs that potentially contribute most to competitive efficiency are not necessarily the same; while “technology” is a key factor for driving the competitive efficiency of top-performing firms, “market” drivers are most essential for improving the competitive potential of poor performers. Originality/value: The configurational outputs that potentially contribute most to competitive efficiency are not necessarily universal.Peer ReviewedEmerald20212021-01-0120212021-06-15journal articlehttp://purl.org/coar/resource_type/c_6501AOhttp://purl.org/coar/version/c_b1a7d7d4d402bcceinfo:eu-repo/semantics/articleapplication/pdfhttps://hdl.handle.net/2117/347341https://dx.doi.org/10.1108/EBR-11-2020-0288reponame:UPCommons. Portal del coneixement obert de la UPCinstname:Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya (UPC)Inglésengopen accesshttp://purl.org/coar/access_right/c_abf2Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 3.0 Spainhttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/es/info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessoai:upcommons.upc.edu:2117/3473412026-05-27T15:37:01Z
dc.title.none.fl_str_mv Pulling from the front or pushing from behind: how competency prioritisation should differ to optimise firm competitiveness
title Pulling from the front or pushing from behind: how competency prioritisation should differ to optimise firm competitiveness
spellingShingle Pulling from the front or pushing from behind: how competency prioritisation should differ to optimise firm competitiveness
Lafuente González, Esteban Miguel|||0000-0001-5889-7656
Competition
Competitiveness
Multilevel
Benefit of the doubt
Competency configuration
Competitive efficiency
Competència econòmica
Àrees temàtiques de la UPC::Economia i organització d'empreses::Competitivitat i innovació
title_short Pulling from the front or pushing from behind: how competency prioritisation should differ to optimise firm competitiveness
title_full Pulling from the front or pushing from behind: how competency prioritisation should differ to optimise firm competitiveness
title_fullStr Pulling from the front or pushing from behind: how competency prioritisation should differ to optimise firm competitiveness
title_full_unstemmed Pulling from the front or pushing from behind: how competency prioritisation should differ to optimise firm competitiveness
title_sort Pulling from the front or pushing from behind: how competency prioritisation should differ to optimise firm competitiveness
dc.creator.none.fl_str_mv Lafuente González, Esteban Miguel|||0000-0001-5889-7656
Vaillant, Yancy
author Lafuente González, Esteban Miguel|||0000-0001-5889-7656
author_facet Lafuente González, Esteban Miguel|||0000-0001-5889-7656
Vaillant, Yancy
author_role author
author2 Vaillant, Yancy
author2_role author
dc.subject.none.fl_str_mv Competition
Competitiveness
Multilevel
Benefit of the doubt
Competency configuration
Competitive efficiency
Competència econòmica
Àrees temàtiques de la UPC::Economia i organització d'empreses::Competitivitat i innovació
topic Competition
Competitiveness
Multilevel
Benefit of the doubt
Competency configuration
Competitive efficiency
Competència econòmica
Àrees temàtiques de la UPC::Economia i organització d'empreses::Competitivitat i innovació
description Purpose: This study aims to contrast the disparities in optimal competitiveness configurations across international economies. Additionally, we analyse the competitive efficiency across firms of different performance endowments to identify distinctions and determine whether standardised or customised competitiveness configurations are optimal. Design/methodology/approach: This study uses a multilevel regression model to confirm country-specific effects followed by a non-parametric “Benefit-of-the-Doubt” (BoD) method to conduct an international comparison of the competitive efficiency of top- and poor-performing firms across eight European and Latin American economies. Findings: Not only are national ecosystems significant differentiators of competitive efficiency, but firm-level characteristics also explain these differences. It is found that more recent start-ups tend to experience significantly greater competitive efficiency. However, by separating the top-performing firms from the poor performers in each economy, it is found that the configurational outputs that potentially contribute most to competitive efficiency are not necessarily the same; while “technology” is a key factor for driving the competitive efficiency of top-performing firms, “market” drivers are most essential for improving the competitive potential of poor performers. Originality/value: The configurational outputs that potentially contribute most to competitive efficiency are not necessarily universal.
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