Value, rareness, competitive advantage, and performance: A conceptual-level empirical investigation of the resource-based view of the firm

Strategic Management Journal

Volumn 29, Issue 7, 2008, Pages 745-768

  Newbert, Scott L ^a  

^a VILLANOVA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Competitive advantage; Performance; Rareness; Resource based view (RBV); Resource capability combination; Value

Indexed keywords

COMPETITION;

COMPETITIVE ADVANTAGES; EMPIRICAL INVESTIGATION; EMPIRICAL STUDIES; RESOURCE BASED VIEW OF THE FIRM;

INDUSTRIAL ECONOMICS;

EID: 45849097260     PISSN: 01432095     EISSN: 10970266     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/smj.686     Document Type: Article

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