The Research On Firm Strategic Transformation Capabilities

Along with the economic globalization's coming, the business environment of firms has been hugely changed, and a source of competitive advantage is created and eroded by the accelerated pace gradually. Many firms which in order to survive, develop and expand and seek sustained growth in the uncertain environment have embarked on the road of strategic transformation.Facing with this new development of firm strategic change practice, the paper abroad uses the existed research results for reference, according to the status of China's firm strategic transformation, from the nature of strategic transformation, based on the dynamic capabilities theory, involving evolution economic theory, strategic management theory and other theories system, undertakes a comprehensive in-depth analysis of firm strategic transformation capabilities, then builds the theoretical model of firm strategic transformation capabilities both has a solid theoretical foundation and meets a distinct feature of firm management practice. The research routes, in accordance with the theory - Model -Empirical normal research methods, the paper focuses on six areas questions: Is firm strategic transformation capabilities worthy of study? What theory to guide and analysis of firm strategic transformation capabilities? What is firm strategic transformation capabilities' connotation, nature and other inherent mechanism? What is firm strategic transformation capabilities' inscape, influencing factors and the relationship between firm strategic transformation capabilities and firm performance? How to design the empirical methods of firm strategic transformation cababilities? Can the theoretical model of strategic transformation capabilities be verified by the firm practice? How to guide and apply the theoretical model of firm strategic transformation capabilities according to a specific firm? In research methods, it uses the holistic thinking approach of strategic transformation process to explore the internal logic and complex linkages of strategic transformation capabilities' basic elements, as well as carries through the standardized analysis through the strategic transformation and the definition, formation mechanism of strategic transformation capabilities and so on, at the meanwhile puts up the empirical research combining with the basic structure, performance and influencing factors of firm strategic transformation capabilities. This paper has done innovative research can be summarized as the following four aspects.(1) Analyzing the inherence mechanism of firm strategic transformation capabilities. Based on the analysis of the concept of firm dynamic capabilities and the influence factors of dynamic capabilities, according to the lack of status quo of introducing dynamic capabilities theory to research strategic transformation capabilities by international academic community, the paper furtherly analyses the meaning, essence, inherent mechanism of firm dynamic capabilities, and defines firm strategic transformation capabilities is a form of dynamic capabilities. On this basis, by using the cornerstone of dynamic capabilities theory-self-organizing systems views and ideas of evolution economics, puts forward firm strategic transformation capabilities is the firm self-organizing system which as the order parameter of the firm development is the source of competitive advantage, and provides a theoretical basis for the structural model of composing firm strategic transformation capabilities.(2) Building the theoretical model of firm strategic transformation capabilities. First, the paper establishes the structure model of firm strategic transformation capabilities in accordance with the strategic transformation process and puts up detailed analysis to its composing basic elements, and makes the conclusion that strategic transformation capabilities is a self-organizing capacity system which includes environment distinguish, resource integration, management control and continuance innovation capabilities, then the formation and dynamic evolution of strategic transformation capabilities and the resulting impact on the firm performance have originated from aboved four capabilities and the abilities to adapt to the external environment interaction and collaborative evolution, and builds the theoretical model of firm strategic transformation capabilities.(3) The empirical research of firm strategic transformation capabilities. According to the theoretical research of firm strategic transformation capabilities, the paper based on a scientific investigation design, through the actual situation of research and empirical analysis agnist the domestic firms, on the one hand, it verifies the theoretical hypothesis proposed in this paper, on the other hand, it provides the supports and practical guidances for the in-depth studies by academia.