Small forces and large firms: Foundations of the RBV

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The article presents a synthesis of several papers I have written, mostly in the economics literature, since the publication of 'A resource-based view of the firm' (Wernerfelt, 1984). The starting point is a very small force: the reduction in bargaining costs when several bargains are pooled into one. I show how one can construct a theory of the firm based on this force and defend the theory by arguing that it makes predictions consistent with several stylized facts. In addition, the theory suggests that firms should decide on their strategy and scope based on excess capacity of productive resources - exactly like the RBV. Copyright © 2013 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.

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Wernerfelt, B. (2013, June). Small forces and large firms: Foundations of the RBV. Strategic Management Journal. https://doi.org/10.1002/smj.2043

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