Accounting for competitive advantage: The resource-based view of the firm and the labour theory of value

Critical Perspectives on Accounting

Volumn 21, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 183-194

  Bowman, C ^a   Toms, S ^b  

^a CRANFIELD UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF YORK   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Industry profitability; Labour theory of value; Resource based view; Value creation

Indexed keywords

EID: 77349091313     PISSN: 10452354     EISSN: 10959955     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cpa.2008.09.010     Document Type: Article

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