A resource-based theory of sustainable rents
评论Conner(1991)对资源基础理论与产业组织经济学五大学派的历史比较，指出其将资源基础理论与交易成本理论的根本区别定位于资源部署与机会主义回避，并提出三点回应，包括该区别并非核心、忽视机会主义问题以及提出替代观点。
This paper summarizes and comments on Conner (1991) that contributes to the strategic management area by providing an historical comparison of resource-based theory and five schools of thought within industrial organization economics. Conner (1991) argues that the fundamental distinction between resource-based theory and transaction costs theory is that resource-based theory focuses on the deployment and combination of specific inputs while transaction costs theory focuses on the avoidance of opportunism. I offer three responses to this claim. First, Conner’s distinction was not central to the resource-based literature at the time the article was published. Second, I raise concerns about building a resource-based theory of the firm that assumes away the problems of opportunistic behavior. Third, I offer an alternative view of the fundamental similarities and differences between resource-based theory and transaction costs theory.