Tautology in the resource-based view and the implications of externally determined resource value: Further comments

Academy of Management Review

Volumn 26, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 57-66

  Priem, Richard L ^a   Butler, John E ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT ARLINGTON   (United States)

^b University of Texas ^*

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EID: 0035529261     PISSN: 03637425     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5465/AMR.2001.4011946     Document Type: Review

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