What to do with the resource-based view: A few suggestions for what ails the RBV that supporters and opponents might accept

Journal of Management Inquiry

Volumn 15, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 135-144

  Levitas, Edward ^a   Ndofor, Hermann Achidi ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MILWAUKEE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA AT CHARLOTTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Problems; Reconciliation; Resource based view

Indexed keywords

EID: 33646501954     PISSN: 10564926     EISSN: 15526542     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1056492606287796     Document Type: Article

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