From Resource Bricolage to Resource Orchestration——An Explanation from the Institutional Context Perspective

Abstract

Abstract: During the development of enterprises, the resource-focused action usually evolves from "resource bricolage" to "resource orchestration". The evolution is influenced not only by internal endogenous factors, such as capabilities and entrepreneurship, but also by external factors, such as institutions. However, the influence of the external institutional dimensions hasn't been explored specifically in the existing literature. Therefore, based on the perspective of institutional context, this study explores the mechanism between institutional context and the evolution of resource-focused action through a typical single case study. The result shows:(1) Policy situation and market situation as external situational context promote the evolution process of resource-focused action from "bricolage" to "orchestration"; (2) Strategic cognition combines the opportunities and complexity of the task which corresponding to the policy situation and market situation, matches the resource stock of the enterprise itself, and transmits the effect of the institutional situation on the evolution of resource-focused action; (3) There is a close interaction mechanism between institutional context, strategic cognition and resource action evolution. This study explores the evolutionary mechanism of resource-focused action from the perspective of institutional context. With the introduction of strategic cognition, this research supplements and refines the existing research on resource-focused action evolution mechanism, so can be used as a reference for enterprises' practice of resources-focused action.

Key words: institutional context, strategic cognition, resource-focused action, resource bricolage, resource orchestration

Lin Jingjing, Zhang Yanming, Su Jingqin. From Resource Bricolage to Resource Orchestration——An Explanation from the Institutional Context Perspective[J]. Management Review, 2021, 33(10): 249-262.

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