The Resource-Based View of the Firm: Does It Go Far Enough in Shedding the Assumptions of the S-C-P Paradigm?

In this essay, the authors discuss the link between the new resource-based view of the firm and the old structure-conduct-performance (S-C-P) paradigm. The authors find that the resource-based view of the firm, like the S-C-P paradigm, is based on the assumptions that demand is known and constant an...

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Published in:Journal of management inquiry 1995-12, Vol.4 (4), p.309-316
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