The resource-based view as a developmental growth process: Evidence from the deregulated trucking industry

Academy of Management Journal

Volumn 44, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 878-896

  Pettus, Michael L ^a  

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EID: 0035536271     PISSN: 00014273     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/3069420     Document Type: Article

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