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Abstract
Manufacturing firms located in high-cost production locations have developed a series of complex inimitability strategies in response to intensive competition from low-cost producers. This paper draws upon the resource-based view of the firm to explore inimitability, as a strategy firms deploy in response to imitation. The analysis is based upon in-depth interviews with lock, jewellery and whistle manufacturers located in the West Midlands, UK. Many of these firms have been transformed into niche manufacturers whose competitiveness is based around a process of customisation through a co-production relationship with customers, the delivery of service experiences and a continual process of design-intensive innovation.
Original language | English |
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Pages (from-to) | 583-596 |
Number of pages | 14 |
Journal | The Service Industries Journal |
Volume | 30 |
Issue number | 4 |
DOIs | |
Publication status | Published - 1 Jan 2010 |
Keywords
- imitation
- customisation
- continual innovation
- inimitability
- service experience
- resource-based view
- design
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Sustainable Regeneration: From Evidence-Based Urban Futures to Implementation
Rogers, C., Barber, A., Bryson, J., Sadler, J., Gaterell, M. & Jefferson, I.
Engineering & Physical Science Research Council
1/05/08 → 30/04/12
Project: Research Councils