TY - JOUR
T1 - A resource-based theory of market structure and organizational form
AU - Van Witteloostuijn, Arjen
AU - Boone, Christophe
PY - 2006/1/1
Y1 - 2006/1/1
N2 - We argue that combining the insights from both the industrial organization and organizational ecology perspectives is likely to produce value added. We develop a resource-based theory of market structure, where resources pertain to the environmental assets (together forming the resource space) without which a firm cannot operate viably. We propose that the distributive shape of the resource space, together with the presence or absence of exploitation economies, molds market structures in terms of density and concentration. Our theory unifies many unconnected strands of theory in the organization sciences domain.
AB - We argue that combining the insights from both the industrial organization and organizational ecology perspectives is likely to produce value added. We develop a resource-based theory of market structure, where resources pertain to the environmental assets (together forming the resource space) without which a firm cannot operate viably. We propose that the distributive shape of the resource space, together with the presence or absence of exploitation economies, molds market structures in terms of density and concentration. Our theory unifies many unconnected strands of theory in the organization sciences domain.
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U2 - 10.5465/AMR.2006.20208688
DO - 10.5465/AMR.2006.20208688
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:33646432009
VL - 31
SP - 409
EP - 426
JO - Academy of Management Review
JF - Academy of Management Review
SN - 0363-7425
IS - 2
ER -