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Knowledge-Based Approaches to the Theory of the Firm: Some Critical Comments
Abstract
It is argued that Kogut and Zander (Kogut, B., U. Zander. 1992. Knowledge of the firm, combinative capabilities, and the replication of technology. Organ. Sci. 3 383–397.) and Conner (Conner, K. R. 1991. A historical comparison of resource-based theory and five schools of thought within industrial organization economics: Do we have a new theory of the firm? J. Management 17 121–154.) erred in the specific way in which they claimed that a distinct theory of the multi-person firm can be constructed on the basis of a theory of organizational knowledge or from resource-based insights. It is not possible to tell very much of a story about why there should be firms in lieu of notions such as “opportunism” or “moral hazard.” However, properly interpreted, knowledge-based theories may help shed light on issues relating to the boundaries and internal organization of the firm.
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- Authors
- Foss, N. J.
- Venue
- Organization Science
- Published
- 1996-10
- Volume
- 7
- Issue
- 5
- Pages
- 470-476
- ISSN
- 1047-7039 (ISSN-L)
- 1526-5455
- OpenAlex
- W2020492031
- Cited by
- 590
- References
- 3
- FWCI
- 42.23
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
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