Resource-based strategy and managerial power in networks of internationally dispersed technology units

A linking of the Resource Based View of the firm, Resource Dependency Theor y and the Vroom-Yetton model of leadership is used to show that when import ant technical (R&D) resources are located offshore for strategic and effici ency reasons, resource-based power goes with them. The extra-national techn ology units that embody those strategically important resources should be m anaged with inclusive methods that respect that power shift. Theoretical, e mpirical and managerial implications are drawn from this analysis. Copyrigh t (C) 2001 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.