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Rethinking Sustained Competitive Advantage from Human Capital
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The strategy literature often emphasizes firm-specific human capital as a source of competitive advantage based on the assumption that it constrains employee mobility. We first identify three boundary conditions that limit the applicability of this logic. We then offer a more comprehensive framework of human capital–based advantage that explores both demand- and supply-side mobility constraints. The critical insight is that these mobility constraints have more explanatory power than the firm specificity of human capital.
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Metadata
- Authors
- Campbell, B. A., Coff, R., & Kryscynski, D.
- Venue
- Academy of Management Review
- Publisher
- Academy of Management
- Published
- 2012-07
- Volume
- 37
- Issue
- 3
- Pages
- 376-395
- ISSN
- 0363-7425 (ISSN-L)
- 1930-3807
- OpenAlex
- W2043546276
- Cited by
- 763
- References
- 7
- FWCI
- 86.68
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
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