A Critical Review of the Resource-Based View of the Firm

Working Papers on Information Systems

ISSN 1535-6078

A Critical Review of the Resource-based View of the Firm

Onno Truijens University of Amsterdam, The Netherlands

Abstract The Resource-based View of the Firm is a contemporary and promising theory that provides insights on both strategic and organizational issues. This paper provides a thematic overview of critiques that have been voiced on the RBVâ s theoretical status, in specific its definitions, its theoretical and empirical methodology and the deficiencies in the theory. RBV critics are welcomed as an important way to enhance the theoretical soundness of what Williamson (1999, p.1093) characterized as a wouldbe theory. Keywords: none Permanent URL: http://sprouts.aisnet.org/3-6 Copyright: Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative Works License Reference: Truijens, O. (2003). "A Critical Review of the Resource-based View of the Firm," University of Amsterdam, Netherlands . Sprouts: Working Papers on Information Systems, 3(6). http://sprouts.aisnet.org/3-6

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A Critical Review of the Resource-based View of the Firm

A Critical Review of the Resource-based View of the Firm

Onno Truijens Department of Business Studies Universiteit van Amsterdam

Abstract: The Resource-based View of the Firm is a contemporary and promising theory that provides insights on both strategic and organizational issues. This paper provides a thematic overview of critiques that have been voiced on the RBV’s theoretical status, in specific its definitions, its theoretical and empirical methodology and the deficiencies in the theory. RBV critics are welcomed as an important way to enhance the theoretical soundness of what Williamson (1999, p.1093) characterized as a wouldbe theory.

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INDEX

1. Introduction...