Transnational Corporations' Competitive Advantage Based On Supply Chain Management

Competition of enterprises has been improved with the development of global economy, information economy and knowledge economy. And the relation between competition and cooperation has also been connected more intensely. Under this background, Transnational Corporations have been paying more attentions on timing effectiveness, core business, organization structure's network, utilization of the global resources. And these characteristics are concentrated on carrying out supply chain management (SCM). The practical experiences of many Transnational Corporations show that there is a mutual-virtuous circle between SCM and competitive advantage. Transnational Corporations'operating strategies and practical innovations promote the development of SCM in global scale, meanwhile, SCM provide new plats for Transnational Corporations to elaborate the advantages in the new global competitive environment, which enhance the Transnational Corporations'core position in the international economy and trade. Therefore, systematic research on Transnational Corporations'SCM and competitive advantage means an important strategic significance to Transnational Corporations'development. And for the other members in Transnational Corporations'global supply chain, the research is conductive to optimize behavioral decision. And furthermore, there is theoretic and practical meaning for improving competitive competence of the whole supply chain system and the sustainable competitive advantage.Research in view of theoretic feasibility, the analysis on competitive advantage is one of the core contents about Transnational Corporations'theory. With the development of Transnational Corporations'global operating environment, the competitive advantage theories relevantly present a dynamic development tendency. The monopoly advantage theory, inner advantage theory, compromise theory, the advantage theories base on strategic resources, capacities and value chain management research on Transnational Corporations'competitive advantage from the range of advantages which should be possessed by Transnational Corporations'when investing in foreign countries, to the extent...