Understanding sources of sustained competitive advantage has become a major area of
research in strategic management. Building on the assumptions that strategic resources are …

The resource-based view can be positioned relative to at least three theoretical traditions:
SCP-based theories of industry determinants of firm performance, neo-classical …

At present, the resource-based view of the firm is perhaps the most influential framework for
understanding strategic management. In this editor’s introduction, we briefly describe the …

Three perspectives on organizations recently have been the object of increasing interest:
the resource dependence, efficiency, and population perspectives. This paper reviews the …

… In 1991, the resource-based view (RBV) of the firm was prominent enough to warrant a
special research forum in the Journal of Management edited by Jay B. Barney. The articles in this …

Here I examine each of the major issues raised by Priem and Butler (this issue) about my
1991 article and subsequent resource-based research. While it turns out that Priem and …

Three attributes that a firm's culture must have to generate sustained competitive advantages
are isolated. Previous findings suggest that the cultures of some firms have these attributes; …

Much of the current thinking about competitive strategy focuses on ways that firms can create
imperfectly competitive product markets in order to obtain greater than normal economic …

In a world of corporate refocusing, down-sizing, and outsourcing, a critical strategic decision
that many senior managers make is determining their firm’s boundary.“Which business …

… Jay B. Barney has long been recognised as one of the leading contributor to the resource-based
theory literature. In this book he has collaborated with Delwyn N. Clark to produce the …