Toward a contingent resource-based theory: The impact of information asymmetry on the value of capabilities in veterinary medicine

Strategic Management Journal

Volumn 20, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 223-250

  Brush, Thomas H ^a   Artz, Kendall W ^b  

^a PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b BAYLOR UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Contingency; Information asymmetry; Resource based view capabilities; Services

Indexed keywords

EID: 0000753851     PISSN: 01432095     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-0266(199903)20:3<223::AID-SMJ14>3.0.CO;2-M     Document Type: Article

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