Rethinking research methods for the resource-based perspective: Isolating sources of sustainable competitive advantage

Strategic Management Journal

Volumn 20, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 487-494

  Rouse, Michael J ^a   Daellenbach, Urs S ^b  

^a DE MONTFORT UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Organizational culture; Research methods; Resource based view; Sustainable competitive advantage

Indexed keywords

EID: 0000514880     PISSN: 01432095     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-0266(199905)20:5<487::AID-SMJ26>3.0.CO;2-K     Document Type: Article

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