The Resource-Based Theory of Competitive Advantage: Implications for Strategy Formulation
1991/04/01 by Robert M. Grant · 9,625 citations
Business, Management and Accounting · #Business #Business Strategy and Innovation #Competitive advantage #Computer science #Dynamic capabilities #Foundation (evidence) #Industrial organization #Innovation and Knowledge Management #Intellectual Capital and Performance Analysis #Marketing #Profitability index #Resource (disambiguation) #Resource-based view #Strategic management
paper · doi:10.2307/41166664
published in California Management Review 33(3), 114-135 (SAGE Publishing)
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Abstract
Recent contributions to strategic management and the theory of the collectively known as the view of the firm provide illuminating insights into the sources of profitability and the nature of competitive strategy. This article argues that internal resources rather than the market environment should provide the foundation for a firm's strategy. On the basis of an analysis of the relationships among resources, capabilities, conpetitive advantage, and profitability, this article advances a framework for a resource-based approach to strategy formulation.
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