Origen de los recursos y ventajas competitivas de las organizaciones: reflexiones teóricas.

Within the framework of organizational theory, there are different theoretical approaches that explain the origin of their resources and competitive advantages. Two of these theoretical reflections are addressed in this paper: the theory of resources and capacities and the resource dependence theory. A review of literature was carried out in order to present an integrated theoretical model that combines both approaches and emphasizes their complementarity and a series of propositions. These propositions link the decision-making process to acquiring the required resources and the factors associated with directive vision and the individual's limited rationality. The most relevant conclusion proposes that decision making about resource acquisition for the organization depends on two principal factors: a) rational processes guided by administrative principles and limited by the individual's capacity for learning and analysis, and b) the manager's vision, expressed through his voluntary, subjective and discretionary actions about how the company should be organized and led. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]