Article
Value Creation and Value Appropriation: An Integrative, Multi-Level Framework
The Journal of Applied Business and Economics
(2013)
Abstract
Value creation by individuals and firms plays a central role in the evolution of populations by enabling adaptive efficiency. Once created, value may become embedded in resources which require deployment for value to be appropriated. Value appropriation is a two-step process through which a firm first competes against other firms to create and protect appropriation streams (i.e., inter-organizational value appropriation), then managers, employees, shareholders and other stakeholders compete to capture the value that has been retained within the firm (i.e., intra-organizational value appropriation). I argue that the inter- and intra-organizational value appropriation processes are driven by common elements, including not only bargaining power and isolating mechanisms but also relation-based power and opportunity-based action. I advocate an integrative approach due to the interplay between value creation and value appropriation processes.
Disciplines
Publication Date
October, 2013
Citation Information
Di Gregorio, D. (2013). Value creation and value appropriation: An integrative, multi-level framework. The Journal of Applied Business and Economics, 15(1), 39-53.