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Resource-Based and Evolutionary Theories of the Firm

Towards a Synthesis

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Table of contents (10 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-ix
  2. An Exploration of Common Ground: Integrating Evolutionary and Strategic Theories of the Firm

    • Nicolai Juul Foss, Christian Knudsen, Cynthia A. Montgomery
    Pages 1-17
  3. Competitive Advantage and Industry Capabilities

    • Nicolai J. Foss, Bo Eriksen
    Pages 43-69
  4. Capabilities and Coherence in Firms and Markets

    • Richard N. Langlois
    Pages 71-100
  5. Inertia and Transformation

    • Richard P. Rumelt
    Pages 101-132
  6. Resource-Based Strategy in a Stochastic Model

    • Birger Wernerfelt
    Pages 133-145
  7. Business Strategy from the Population Level

    • John Freeman
    Pages 219-250
  8. Of Diamonds and Rust: A New Look at Resources

    • Cynthia A. Montgomery
    Pages 251-268
  9. Back Matter

    Pages 269-273

About this book

Resource-Based and Evolutionary Theories of the Firm: Towards a Synthesis explores the intersection of evolutionary theories of the firm with an emergent body of research in the field of strategic management that has been broadly referred to as the `resource-based view of the firm'. The volume approaches strategic questions from several vantage points, thereby fostering a useful cross-fertilization of ideas. The views presented spring from a variety of sources, namely the principles of strategic management, organisation economics, and population ecology.

Editors and Affiliations

  • Harvard Business School, USA

    Cynthia A. Montgomery

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Resource-Based and Evolutionary Theories of the Firm

  • Book Subtitle: Towards a Synthesis

  • Editors: Cynthia A. Montgomery

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4615-2201-0

  • Publisher: Springer New York, NY

  • eBook Packages: Springer Book Archive

  • Copyright Information: Kluwer Academic Publishers 1995

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-0-7923-9562-1Published: 30 April 1995

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-1-4613-5923-4Published: 27 September 2012

  • eBook ISBN: 978-1-4615-2201-0Published: 27 June 2011

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: IX, 273

  • Topics: Organization, Business Strategy/Leadership, Industrial Organization, Management, Operations Research/Decision Theory

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