Recursive Effects to Study Feature-Based Capabilities in Supply Chain Management

Pietro De Giovanni
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Pietro De Giovanni: Department of Business and Management, Luiss University, 00197 Rome, Italy

Logistics, 2020, vol. 4, issue 4, 1-17

Abstract: This paper explores the benefits that firms obtain when investing in feature-based capabilities. We investigate the external pressures when deciding their feature-based strategy. In addition, we analyze the consumers’ customization options and the needs for facilitators to mitigate the negative effects of excessive features. We assess the influence of feature-based capabilities on performance and search for an economically feasible loop that feature-based capabilities might entail. This latter is carried out by investigating the recursive effects in structural equation modeling. Our findings reveal that feature-based capabilities entail an economically feasible loop through competitors and supply chain partners but not also through facilitators and operational performance.

Keywords: feature-based capability; recursive model; facilitators; customization; structural equation modeling (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: L8 L80 L81 L86 L87 L9 L90 L91 L92 L93 L98 L99 M1 M10 M11 M16 M19 R4 R40 R41 R49 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2020
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