Barney, Jay B.

Resource-based theory : creating and sustaining competitive advantage / Jay B. Barney, Delwyn N. Clark. - Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2007. - vii, 316 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.

Includes bibliographical references (p. [265]-306) and index.

Resource-based theory. The strategic management question and the emergence of resource-based theory ; Strategic factor markets and competitive advantage ; Firm resources and sustained competitive advantage -- RBT and organizational capabilities. Culture as a source of sustained competitive advantage ; Trust as a source of sustained competitive advantage ; Human resources as a source of sustained competitive advantage ; Information technology as a source of sustained competitive advantage -- RBT and organizational strategies. Resource-based theory and vertical integration ; Resource-based theory and corporate diversification ; Resource-based theory and mergers and acquisitions -- RBT : the research frontier. Resource-based theory : empirical research ; The future of resource-based theory.

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Strategic planning.
Industrial management.
Competition.

HD30.28 / .B36833 2007

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