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Theory of the Firm and Strategic Management
https://doi.org/10.32609/0042-8736-2013-1-131-146
Abstract
M. Storchevoy. Theory of the Firm and Strategic Management The paper considers the approaches to the theory of the firm developed by strategic management scholars: positioning theory, resource-based view, dynamic capabilities approach, knowledge-based view, strategic theory of the firm, as well as open innovations theory. The author shows how the ideas of these scholars correspond to the economic theory of the firm and demonstrates that there is little ground for existence of an autonomous “strategic theory of the firm”, but some concepts from strategic management literature may expand and enrich the economic theory of the firm.
Keywords
theory of the firm,
positioning theory,
strategic management,
resource-based view,
dynamic capabilities,
knowledge-based theory,
strategic theory of the firm,
open innovations
JEL: B41, B52, D02, D21, D23, L24, L25
About the Author
M. Storchevoy
Graduate School of Management at St. Petersburg State University (St. Petersburg, Russia)
Russian Federation
Russian Federation
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Storchevoy M. Theory of the Firm and Strategic Management. Voprosy Ekonomiki. 2013;(1):131-146. (In Russ.) https://doi.org/10.32609/0042-8736-2013-1-131-146
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