Attrition Entrepreneurship and the Erosion of Dynamic Capabilities: An Examination of the Resource-Based View in Extractive Economies

This study explores the paradoxical role of Intellectual Property (IP) in economies dominated by Attrition Entrepreneurship (A.E.), where top-down, extractive practices stifle genuine innovation. Through the case of SOLIRANCE, a technologically superior driver behavior analysis technology, we demonstrate how a robust IP portfolio can function as a structural barrier that prevents an innovation from being co-opted by state-linked patronage networks, leading to its institutional marginalization. Our research integrates the Resource-Based View (RBV) and Dynamic Capabilities Theory (DCT) with A.E. theory to propose the concept of "Institutional Friction for Non-Extractive Assets." We show how the IP protection of SOLIRANCE, which is typically a source of competitive advantage in open markets, becomes a liability in an extractive economy that rewards political rent-seeking over creative destruction. Our findings highlight the mechanisms by which A.E. ventures crowd out non-extractive technological assets, and how the "delay" in the real world is used as a tool to exhaust the capital of genuine entrepreneurs. This research has significant implications for policymakers seeking to promote sustainable innovation and prevent economic decay. Keywords: Attrition Entrepreneurship (A.E.), Intellectual Property (IP), Institutional Friction, Resource-Based View (RBV), Dynamic Capabilities Theory (DCT), Non-Extractive Assets, Economic Decay, Command-and-Control Economy, Petro-Rentier State, Innovation Stifling