Firm-specific knowledge resources and competitive advantage: The roles of economic- and relationship-based employee governance mechanisms

• Main Authors: WANG, Heli, HE, Jinyu, MAHONEY, Joseph T.
• Format: text
• Language: English
• Published: Institutional Knowledge at Singapore Management University 2009
• Subjects: Firm-specific knowledge resources; employee human capital; employee governance mechanisms; resource-based view of the firm; Business Law, Public Responsibility, and Ethics; Strategic Management Policy
• Online Access: https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/lkcsb_research/3447; https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/context/lkcsb_research/article/4446/viewcontent/Firm_specific_knowledge_resources_pp.pdf
• Institution: Singapore Management University

The resource-based view of the firm emphasizes the role of firm-specific resources, especially firm-specific knowledge resources, in helping a firm to achieve sustainable competitive advantage. However, the deployment of firm-specific knowledge often requires key employees to make specialized human...