Surrendering control to gain advantage: Reconciling openness and the resource-based view of the firm

Strategic Management Journal

Volumn 39, Issue 6, 2018, Pages 1704-1727

  Alexy, Oliver ^a   West, Joel ^b   Klapper, Helge ^c   Reitzig, Markus ^d  

^a TUM SCHOOL OF MANAGEMENT   (Germany)

^b KECK GRADUATE INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c ERASMUS UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^d UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

Author keywords

competitive advantage; complementary assets; resource value; resource based view; strategic openness

Indexed keywords

MANAGEMENT; PLANNING;

COMPETITIVE ADVANTAGE; COMPLEMENTARY ASSETS; RESOURCE VALUE; RESOURCE-BASED VIEW; STRATEGIC OPENNESS;

COMPETITION;

EID: 85046626987     PISSN: 01432095     EISSN: 10970266     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/smj.2706     Document Type: Article

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