Firm performance, rent appropriation, and the strategic resource divestment capability

Strategic Management Journal

Volumn 28, Issue 11, 2007, Pages 1065-1087

  Moliterno, Thomas P ^a   Wiersema, Margarethe F ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Behavioral theory; Dynamic capabilities; Economic rents; Firm performance; Resource based view

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIORAL RESEARCH; ECONOMIC ANALYSIS; RESOURCE ALLOCATION; STRATEGIC PLANNING;

BEHAVIORAL THEORY; DYNAMIC CAPABILITIES; ECONOMIC RENTS; FIRM PERFORMANCE; RESOURCE-BASED VIEW;

INDUSTRIAL ECONOMICS;

EID: 35349025855     PISSN: 01432095     EISSN: 10970266     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/smj.630     Document Type: Article

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