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How to realize strategy and build competitive advantage through your people: increase resource heterogeneity; decrease resource mobility

How to realize strategy and build competitive advantage through your people: increase resource... PurposeThe paper aims to provide practical suggestions to practitioners of human resources (HR) that show how employees can be a source of competitive advantage for the firm.Design/methodology/approachThis paper is based on earlier research and practical experience.FindingsThat resource-based theory can be practically applied to HR management to develop employees to be a source of competitive advantage.Practical implicationsThis paper provides HR practitioners with concrete examples to improve practice and work strategically for the benefit of employees and the wider firm.Originality/valueThis paper shows how a theory of strategy translates into everyday practice for HR practitioners. http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Human Resource Management International Digest Emerald Publishing

How to realize strategy and build competitive advantage through your people: increase resource heterogeneity; decrease resource mobility

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Emerald Publishing
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0967-0734
DOI
10.1108/HRMID-01-2017-0019
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Abstract

PurposeThe paper aims to provide practical suggestions to practitioners of human resources (HR) that show how employees can be a source of competitive advantage for the firm.Design/methodology/approachThis paper is based on earlier research and practical experience.FindingsThat resource-based theory can be practically applied to HR management to develop employees to be a source of competitive advantage.Practical implicationsThis paper provides HR practitioners with concrete examples to improve practice and work strategically for the benefit of employees and the wider firm.Originality/valueThis paper shows how a theory of strategy translates into everyday practice for HR practitioners.

Journal

Human Resource Management International Digest – Emerald Publishing

Published: Jun 12, 2017

References

  • Firm resources and sustained competitive advantage