Sustained Advantage from a Robust Dimensional Design

This paper seeks to build out profitability theory by analyzing rapid evolutionary change in an integrated global value chain. This paper also shows that a multi-unit firm made of business units that are both related and different can be combined, or recombined, to exploit resources that are complimentary. Furthermore, this paper advances emerging research on the use of a multidimensional organizational design, its dynamic capabilities, organization-wide change leadership, and cross-unit collaboration.