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Resource-Based Theory of the Firm 

ARC: Research: Theories: Resource-Based Theory of the Firm  

Overview

This theory emphasizes firm resources that it has rather than the products it makes.  There are many sorts of resources which can variously be physical, intangible, financial, market-based, and so on.    

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Key Citations 

Wernerfelt, Birger (1984), "A Resource-Based View of the Firm," Strategic Management Journal, 5 (2), 171-180. 

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Application Areas

management

Other Literature

Srivastava, Rajendra K., Liam Fahey, and H. Kurt Christensen (2001), "The Resource-Based View and Marketing: The Role of Market-Based Assets in Gaining Competitive Advantage," Journal of Management, 27 (6), 777-802.

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