*3.3.6 Resource-based theory*

In 1991, Jay B. Barney's Journal of Management included a special research forum on the resource-based approach of the organization. The forum posts established that resources and capabilities are key for understanding business competitive advantage [73]. They helped define resources and capabilities as bundles of tangible and intangible assets, including a firm's management skills, organizational procedures and routines, and the information and knowledge it controls to help determine and implement plans. In the framework of this theme, special forum papers focused on the RBV [73], resources and diversification [74], CEOs as resources [75], and organizational identity as a source of competitive advantage.
