Towards a dynamic resource-based view: Insights from Austrian capital and entrepreneurship theory

Organization Studies

Volumn 28, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 749-772

  Foss, Nicolai J ^a,c   Ishikawa, Ibuki ^b  

^a NORWEGIAN SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS   (Norway)

^b RITSUMEIKAN UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c Department of Innovation and Organizational Economics   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Austrian capital theory; Competitive advantage; Complexity theory; Entrepreneurs; Resource based view

Indexed keywords

EID: 34249668805     PISSN: 01708406     EISSN: 17413044     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0170840607072546     Document Type: Review

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