“…Resource-based view (RBV) and resource dependency theory (RDT RBV) argue that a company can only achieve sustainable competitive advantage if it has valuable, uncommon, inimitable, and irreplaceable resources and capabilities (Safari and Saleh, 2020). In addition, resource-based SME management views States as a strategic management approach that highlights the internal resources and organizational capabilities of SMEs as the basic strategy and implementation of their competitive advantages (Ampauleng, 2023). In addition, in the context of SME management, RBV is advantageous for the identification and utilization of resource variations (Ofori and Appiah-Nimo, 2023).…”