Resource-Based Theory: Creating and Sustaining Competitive Advantage

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.