Sürdürülebilir Rekabet Avantajı Sağlamada Kaynak Avantajı Teorisi ve Pazar Yönlülük Yaklaşımı(Resource Advantage Theory and Market Orientation in Achieving a Sustainable Competitive Advantage)

Abstract

Today, businesses are developing various strategies to keep sustainable competitive advantage in the current competitive environment. Hunt and Morgan (1995) first introduced the resource advantage theory based on the resources and competencies of the enterprises that examined the competitive advantage. The basic proposition of the theory is that it provides superior financial performance by providing a competitive advantage to enterprises that cannot be imitated, valuable and rare. In addition, according to the theory of resource advantage, market orientation is expressed as a source of the enterprises because it provides proactive customer satisfaction information by producing an appropriate product according to the preferences of the market segments. The aim of the study is to evaluate the importance of resource advantage theory and market orientation in enterprises to achieve sustainable competitive advantage and to make suggestions to the literatüre. As a result, the importance of supply, consumer knowledge, human motivation, business purpose and knowledge, resources, the role of management, competitive dynamics, and the importance of providing sustainable competitive advantage in market direction are emphasized.

Keywords

• sustainable competitive advantage
• resource advantage theory
• market orientation
• resource advantage theory and its effects on enterprises