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Theories of the Firm

Theories of the Firm

Petter Gottschalk
Copyright: © 2006 |Pages: 9
ISBN13: 9781599040042|ISBN10: 1599040042|EISBN13: 9781599040066
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-59904-004-2.ch001
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Petter Gottschalk. "Theories of the Firm." E-Business Strategy, Sourcing and Governance, IGI Global, 2006, pp.1-9. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-59904-004-2.ch001

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P. Gottschalk (2006). Theories of the Firm. IGI Global. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-59904-004-2.ch001

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Petter Gottschalk. "Theories of the Firm." In E-Business Strategy, Sourcing and Governance. Hershey, PA: IGI Global, 2006. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-59904-004-2.ch001

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Abstract

In this book we need to develop a general understanding of business firms to enable strategic IS/IT planning. We will present the resource-based theory of the firm, the activity-based theory of the firm and the firm in terms of its value configuration. An understanding of firm theories and value configurations is important to later discussions of the topics in the book. The resource-based theory is applied to understand resources needed for e-business, sourcing, and governance. An important resource is knowledge in terms of know-what, know-how and know-why.

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