
Management Papers
Document Type
Journal Article
Date of this Version
10-2017
Publication Source
Strategic Management Journal
Volume
38
Issue
10
Start Page
1964
Last Page
1985
DOI
10.1002/smj.2633
Abstract
Research summary: We develop and apply a new set of empirical tools consistent with the tenets of value-based business strategies, leveraging the principle that “no good deal comes undone” and the methods of revealed preferences, to empirically estimate drivers of value creation. We demonstrate how to use these tools in an analysis of value creation in buyer–supplier relationships in the UK corporate legal market. We show that our approach can uncover evidence of subtle mechanisms that traditional methods cannot easily distinguish from each other. Furthermore, we show how the estimates can be used as parameters of biform games for out-of-sample analyses of strategic decisions. With readily available data on relationships between firms, this approach can be applied to many other contexts of interest to strategy researchers.
Managerial summary: Managers need to understand the drivers of value creation for customers in order to make competitive positioning decisions and understand when they can capture value under competition. However, estimates of the relative importance of each driver are typically difficult to obtain. In this article, we help remedy this problem by demonstrating a novel method that obtains estimates of the contribution of various drivers of value creation from commonly available data of buyer–supplier relationships. These estimates can then be used to inform the strategy-making process.
Copyright/Permission Statement
This is the peer reviewed version of the following article: O. Chatain & D. Mindruta (2017) "Estimating Value Creation From Revealed Preferences: Application to Value-Based Strategies", which has been published in final form at http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/smj.2633. This article may be used for non-commercial purposes in accordance with Wiley Terms and Conditions for Self-Archiving [http://olabout.wiley.com/WileyCDA/Section/id-820227.html#terms]
Keywords
value-based strategy, revealed preferences, cooperative game theory, buyer–supplier relationships, client-specific economies of scope
Recommended Citation
Chatain, O., & Mindruta, D. (2017). Estimating Value Creation From Revealed Preferences: Application to Value-Based Strategies. Strategic Management Journal, 38 (10), 1964-1985. http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/smj.2633
Embargo Date
2-15-2018
Date Posted: 19 February 2018
This document has been peer reviewed.