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Published online by Cambridge University Press:  03 November 2016

Birger Wernerfelt
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Massachusetts Institute of Technology
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Adaptation, Specialization, and the Theory of the Firm
Foundations of the Resource-Based View
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Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2016

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  • Introduction
  • Birger Wernerfelt, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
  • Book: Adaptation, Specialization, and the Theory of the Firm
  • Online publication: 03 November 2016
  • Chapter DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/CBO9781316466872.002
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  • Introduction
  • Birger Wernerfelt, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
  • Book: Adaptation, Specialization, and the Theory of the Firm
  • Online publication: 03 November 2016
  • Chapter DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/CBO9781316466872.002
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  • Introduction
  • Birger Wernerfelt, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
  • Book: Adaptation, Specialization, and the Theory of the Firm
  • Online publication: 03 November 2016
  • Chapter DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/CBO9781316466872.002
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