Resource-based theory argues that resources must be valuable, rare, inimitable,. And lack substitutes to confer competitive advantage. Inimitability is a lynchpin of resource-based theory and central to understanding the sustainability of competitive advantage. Although scholars recognize a positive relationship between causal ambiguity and inimitability, The relationship among critical resources called competencies, causal ambiguity, and firm Performance remains an unresolved conundrum.
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