A review of approaches to empirical research on the resource-based view of the firm

Journal of Management

Volumn 33, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 959-986

  Armstrong, Craig E ^a   Shimizu, Katsuhiko ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT SAN ANTONIO   (United States)

Author keywords

Confounding factors; Nonsignificant results; Operationalization of resources; Resource based view; Sustainability

Indexed keywords

EID: 36349017665     PISSN: 01492063     EISSN: 15571211     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0149206307307645     Document Type: Review

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