This study puts forward an explanatory model for the probability of a business having internal or external accounting at a specific moment. It is supported by resource- and skill-based theory, contingency theory and transaction cost theory which is considered as a main theory. With a...

In this study, family firms are studied from a resource-based view (RBV), examining how both technological resources and altruism contribute to family firm performance.The literature on RBV is presented, as are four hypotheses based on the RBV assets of technology, family, strategic planning,...

The paper is a theoretical paper, focused on the analysis of the intangible and cognitive content of inter-firm relationships, according to knowledge-based view (Kought and Zander, 1992; Foss, 1993, 1996; Nonaka, 1994; Grant, 1996; Teece, 1998). In particular, the issue is examined taking into account two main...

This research reviews the approaches employed in banking empirical studies that use the resource-based view as a core theoretical anchor to relate bank resources to performance outcomes. The review dwelt on measurement issues and strategies for controlling confounding factors. Six approaches of...

The emergence of resource-based view of the firm in strategic management during 1980s has become a dominant framework and it shifts our attention from the industry to the firm level as a prime determinant of firms' profitability. The theory is still in the evolving phase and its epistemology is...