Testing Resource-Based Theory

Abstract

While strategy scholars once thought that the resource-based view could not be tested directly by observing resources, recent work has dispelled this notion. While resources are difficult to measure, many clever scholars have been able to measure resource heterogeneity and performance.

Citation

Barney, J.B. and Mackey, T.B. (2005), "Testing Resource-Based Theory", Ketchen, D.J. and Bergh, D.D. (Ed.) Research Methodology in Strategy and Management (Research Methodology in Strategy and Management, Vol. 2), Emerald Group Publishing Limited, Leeds, pp. 1-13. https://doi.org/10.1016/S1479-8387(05)02001-1