We briefly introduce the fourteen articles that compose the special issue. Collectively, they highlight three types of pathways for additional contributions involving the resource-based view of the firm: opportunities to enhance synergy between the resource-based view and other theories, opportunities to build greater content knowledge by leveraging the resource-based view, and opportunities to expand the strategic resources concept.
AlvarezS.BarneyJ.2007. Discovery and creation: Alternative theories of entrepreneurial action. Strategic Entrepreneurship Journal, 1: 11-26.
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BarneyJ.1991. Firm resources and sustained competitive advantage. Journal of Management, 17: 99-120.
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BarneyJ. B.KetchenD. J.WrightM.2011. The future of resource-based theory: Revitalization or decline?Journal of Management, 37: 1299-1315.
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BeamishP. W.ChakravartyD.2021. Using the resource-based view in multinational enterprise research. Journal of Management, 47: 1861-1877.
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BurtR. S.SodaG.2021. Network capabilities: Brokerage as a bridge between network theory and the resource-based view of the firm. Journal of Management, 47: 1698-1719.
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CastaniasR. P.HelfatC. E.1991. Managerial resources and rents. Journal of Management, 17: 155-171.
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ChenM-J.MichelJ. G.LinW.2021. Worlds apart? Connecting competitive dynamics and the resource-based view of the firm. Journal of Management, 47: 1820-1839.
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CombsJ. G.LiuYGrantA.KetchenD. J.2006. How much do high performance work practices matter? A meta-analysis of their effects on organizational performance. Personnel Psychology, 59: 501-528.
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ConnerK. R.1991. A historical comparison of resource-based theory and five schools of thought within industrial organization economics: Do we have a new theory of the firm?Journal of Management, 17: 121-154.
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CrookT. R.ToddS. Y.CombsJ. G.WoehrD. J.KetchenD. J.2011. Does human capital matter? A meta-analysis of the relationship between human capital and firm performance. Journal of Applied Psychology, 96: 443-456.
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DavisG. F.DeWittT.2021. Organization theory and the resource-based view of the firm: The great divide. Journal of Management, 47: 1684-1697.
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D’OriaL.CrookT. R.KetchenD. J.SirmonD.WrightM.2021. The evolution of resource-based inquiry: A review and meta-analytic integration of the strategic resources–actions–performance pathway. Journal of Management, 47: 1383-1429.
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FiolC. M.1991. Managing culture as a competitive resource: An identity-based view of sustainable competitive advantage. Journal of Management, 17: 191-211.
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FreemanR. E.DmytriyevS. D.PhillipsR. A.2021. Stakeholder theory and the resource-based view of the firm. Journal of Management, 47: 1757-1770.
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FurrN.EisenhardtK. M.2021. Strategy and uncertainty: Resource-based view, strategy-creation view, and the hybrid strategy between them. Journal of Management, 47: 1915-1935.
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GerhartB.FengJ.2021. The resource-based view of the firm, human resources, and human capital: Progress and prospects. Journal of Management, 47: 1796-1819.
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GibsonC. B.GibsonS. C.WebsterQ.2021. Expanding our resources: Including community in the resource-based view of the firm. Journal of Management
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GreveH. R.2021. The resource-based view and learning theory: Overlaps, differences, and a shared future. Journal of Management, 47: 1720-1733.
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HarrisonJ. S.HittM. A.HoskissonR. E.IrelandR. D.1991. Synergies and post-acquisition performance: Differences versus similarities in resource allocations. Journal of Management, 17: 173-190.
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KnightF.1921. Risk, uncertainty, and profit. New York: Houghton Mifflin.
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McGahanA. M.2021. Integrating insights from the resource-based view of the firm into the new stakeholder theory. Journal of Management, 47: 1734-1756.
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MeyerA. D.1991. What is strategy’s distinctive competence?Journal of Management, 17: 821-833.
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MillerD.Le Breton-MillerI.2021. Paradoxical resource trajectories: When strength leads to weakness and weakness leads to strength. Journal of Management, 47: 1899-1914.
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PeterafM. A.1993. The cornerstones of competitive advantage: A resource-based view. Strategic Management Journal, 14: 179-191.
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PloyhartR. E.2021. Resources for what? The importance of understanding performance in the resource-based view and human capital resource literatures. Journal of Management.
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ShawJ. D.2021. The resource-based view and its use in strategic human resource management research: The elegant and inglorious. Journal of Management, 47: 1787-1795.
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ZahraS. A.2021. The resource-based view, resourcefulness and resource management in startup firms: A proposed research agenda. Journal of Management, 47: 1841-1860.
