CONTENTS -- PREFACE -- LIST OF FIGURES -- PART I: RESOURCE-BASED THEORY -- 1 The strategic management question and the emergence of resource-based theory -- 2 Strategic factor markets and competitive advantage -- 3 Firm resources and sustained competitive advantage -- PART II: RBT AND ORGANIZATIONAL CAPABILITIES -- 4 Culture as a source of sustained competitive advantage -- 5 Trust as a source of sustained competitive advantage -- 6 Human resources as a source of sustained competitive advantage -- 7 Information technology as a source of sustained competitive advantage -- PART III: RBT AND ORGANIZATIONAL STRATEGIES -- 8 Resource-based theory and vertical integration -- 9 Resource-based theory and corporate diversification -- 10 Resource-based theory and mergers and acquisitions -- PART IV: RBT: THE RESEARCH FRONTIER -- 11 Resource-based theory: empirical research -- 12 The future of resource-based theory -- BIBLIOGRAPHY -- INDEX -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- Q -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W -- X -- Z.