Firm Resources and Sustained Competitive Advantage

Journal of Management

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 1991, Pages 99-120

  Barney, Jay ^a  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 84896930624     PISSN: 01492063     EISSN: 15571211     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/014920639101700108     Document Type: Article

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