Resource configurations, generic strategies, and firm performance: Exploring the parallels between resource-based and competitive strategy theories in a new industry

Journal of Strategy and Management

Volumn 1, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 15-40

  Furrer, Olivier ^a   Sudharshan, D ^b   Thomas, Howard ^c   Tereza Alexandre, Maria ^d  

^a RADBOUD UNIVERSITY NIJMEGEN   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WARWICK   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

Author keywords

Competitive strategy; Corporate strategy; Management theory

Indexed keywords

EID: 78751614341     PISSN: 1755425X     EISSN: 17554268     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/17554250810909400     Document Type: Article

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