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Part IV - Empirical Tests

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
, pp. 179 - 250
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2016

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  • Empirical Tests
  • 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/CBO9781316466872.014
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  • 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/CBO9781316466872.014
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