Sustainable competitive advantage: Combining institutional and resource-based views

Strategic Management Journal

Volumn 18, Issue 9, 1997, Pages 697-713

  Oliver, Christine ^a  

^a YORK UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Competitive advantage; Institutional theory; Resources

Indexed keywords

EID: 0000576048     PISSN: 01432095     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-0266(199710)18:9<697::AID-SMJ909>3.0.CO;2-C     Document Type: Article

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