Empirical Research within Resource-Based Theory

A Meta-Analysis of the Central Propositions

Katja Nothnagel evaluates the growing body of empirical research in resource-based theory. She starts out by deriving six central propositions and then examines how these propositions have been tested empirically. The results suggest that substantial progress has been made within the empirical part of RBT

In the last ten years, the Resource-Based View (RBV) has become an important
theoretical approach in strategic management. Concurrently, or at least since the
contribution of Priem/Butler, there has been an increase in criticism of the ...