Journal article
The Resource-Based View in Entrepreneurship: A Content-Analytical Comparison of Researchers' and Entrepreneurs' Views
Journal of small business management, v 54(1), pp 26-48
01 Jan 2016
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Abstract
The resource-based view (RBV) is one of the most influential perspectives in the organizational sciences. Although entrepreneurship researchers are increasingly leveraging the RBV's tenets, it emerged in strategic management. Despite some important similarities between entrepreneurship and strategic management, there are also important differences, raising questions as to whether and to what extent the RBV needs to be adapted for the entrepreneurship field. As a first step toward answering these questions, this study focuses on resources as the fundamental building block of the RBV and presents a content-analytical comparison of researchers' and practicing entrepreneurs' resource conceptualizations to derive similarities and differences between established theory and entrepreneurial practice. We find that although the two conceptualizations exhibit some overlap, there are also important differences in the emphasis on different dimensions of resources and ownership requirements, as well as in the understanding of how those resources shape outcomes. These results suggest important contextual conditions when applying the RBV's tenets within the field of entrepreneurship.
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- Title
- The Resource-Based View in Entrepreneurship: A Content-Analytical Comparison of Researchers' and Entrepreneurs' Views
- Creators
- Franz Kellermanns - University of North Carolina at CharlotteJorge Walter - George Washington UniversityT. Russell Crook - University of Tennessee SystemBenedict Kemmerer - BSH Home AppliancesVadake Narayanan - Drexel University
- Publication Details
- Journal of small business management, v 54(1), pp 26-48
- Publisher
- Taylor & Francis
- Number of pages
- 23
- Resource Type
- Journal article
- Language
- English
- Academic Unit
- Management
- Web of Science ID
- WOS:000366086000002
- Scopus ID
- 2-s2.0-84949322645
- Other Identifier
- 991019167449204721
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- Management