An examination into the causal logic of rent generation: contrasting Porter's competitive strategy framework and the resource-based perspective

Strategic Management Journal

Volumn 22, Issue 10, 2001, Pages 907-934

  Spanos, Yiannis E ^a   Lioukas, Spyros ^a,b  

^a ATHENS UNIVERSITY OF ECONOMICS AND BUSINESS   (Greece)

^b OECD   (France)

Author keywords

Competitive strategy; Industry forces; Path analysis; Resource based view; Sustainable competitive advantage

Indexed keywords

EID: 0000796805     PISSN: 01432095     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/smj.174     Document Type: Article

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