Farm Level Competitive Advantage: The Dynamic Resource-Based View

The agribusiness sector has long been acknowledged as a major source of livelihood for many people in developing countries. Improvements in technology and information systems, as well as changes in climate and economies have resulted in an increasingly competitive environment for the agribusiness sector. A better understanding of farm- level competitiveness of this sector hence provides the necessary framework for agribusiness farms to compete at domestic and global markets. This study aims to identify the sources of competitive advantage of the minor export crop sector in Sri Lanka. Specifically, it adopts the dynamic resource-based view to determine the relationship between resources, dynamic capabilities and competitive advantage of minor export crop farms, at the same time contending that the relationship between resources and competitive advantage is mediated by specific capabilities.