The knowledge-based view of the firm and its theoretical precursor

International Journal of Learning and Intellectual Capital

Volumn 3, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 367-381

  Curado, Carla ^a   Bontis, Nick ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LISBON   (Portugal)

^b MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Economic rent creation; Intangible assets; Knowledge resources; Knowledge Based View (KBV); Resource Based View (RBV)

Indexed keywords

EID: 33846994749     PISSN: 14794853     EISSN: 14794861     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1504/IJLIC.2006.011747     Document Type: Article

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