Resource based strategic groups and their performance implications: An exploration of the English Premier League

Given the amount of comment in the press regarding the existence of distinct groups of teams within the Premier League, this study aimed to assess whether teams can be grouped on their resource endowments and if group membership has performance implications. The results gleaned from the research are...

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Main Author: Lesforis, Kieran
Format: Dissertation (University of Nottingham only)
Language:English
Published: 2009
Online Access:https://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/23427/
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description Given the amount of comment in the press regarding the existence of distinct groups of teams within the Premier League, this study aimed to assess whether teams can be grouped on their resource endowments and if group membership has performance implications. The results gleaned from the research are inconclusive. Whilst the study is able to show that group membership does have performance implications these results are not robust. Sustained competitive advantage can be explained through industry level effects and firm specific characteristics rather than teams associated group membership. The results cast doubt on the relevance for grouping teams to explain persistent intra-industry performance differences.
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spelling nottingham-234272018-04-27T16:54:54Z https://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/23427/ Resource based strategic groups and their performance implications: An exploration of the English Premier League Lesforis, Kieran Given the amount of comment in the press regarding the existence of distinct groups of teams within the Premier League, this study aimed to assess whether teams can be grouped on their resource endowments and if group membership has performance implications. The results gleaned from the research are inconclusive. Whilst the study is able to show that group membership does have performance implications these results are not robust. Sustained competitive advantage can be explained through industry level effects and firm specific characteristics rather than teams associated group membership. The results cast doubt on the relevance for grouping teams to explain persistent intra-industry performance differences. 2009-09-25 Dissertation (University of Nottingham only) NonPeerReviewed application/pdf en https://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/23427/1/final_diss_1.pdf Lesforis, Kieran (2009) Resource based strategic groups and their performance implications: An exploration of the English Premier League. [Dissertation (University of Nottingham only)] (Unpublished)
spellingShingle Lesforis, Kieran
Resource based strategic groups and their performance implications: An exploration of the English Premier League
title Resource based strategic groups and their performance implications: An exploration of the English Premier League
title_full Resource based strategic groups and their performance implications: An exploration of the English Premier League
title_fullStr Resource based strategic groups and their performance implications: An exploration of the English Premier League
title_full_unstemmed Resource based strategic groups and their performance implications: An exploration of the English Premier League
title_short Resource based strategic groups and their performance implications: An exploration of the English Premier League
title_sort resource based strategic groups and their performance implications: an exploration of the english premier league
url https://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/23427/