| Specificity is high when CSR action imitability faces barriers that are difficult to overcome. |
| Effects of age at entry, knowledge intensity, and imitability on international growth. |
| Imperfect imitability and nonsubstitutability have been identified as the most important criteria for a resource to sustain its value over time. |
| These indicators are value, rareness, imitability, and substitutability. |
| The dangers associated with network relationships are, however, mitigated by the imperfect imitability of knowledge based resources, as well as legal and procedural means. |
| Inimitability The unique historical path makes imitability unlikely. |
