Synthesising resource-based, evolutionary and neoclassical thought: Resource-advantage theory as a general theory of competition

Resources, Technology and Strategy

Volumn , Issue , 2005, Pages 53-77

  Hunt, Shelby D ^a  

^a TEXAS TECH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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DOI: 10.4324/9780203982259-12     Document Type: Chapter

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