The Relationship between the Properties of the Firm's Productive Resources and its Profitability and Market Performance : An Application of the Resource-Based View

Drawing on previous research in the Resource-Based View of the Firm, this study aimed at illustrating the interrelationships between the properties of productive resources and the profitability of firms, in the Brazilian autoparts industry. The inspiration for this study was a research conducted by Rodolphe Durand. In 1999 Durand showed that the knowledge of the properties of the firm's resources - including the properties of the firm's exchange relationships with suppliers and customers - is critical to understanding the firm's performance. It was confirmed that one property of firm's resources - inimitability - is positively linked to an enhanced market performance