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.…