Strategic groups and rivalrous firm behavior: Towards a reconciliation

Strategic Management Journal

Volumn 18, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 149-157

  Smith, Ken G ^a   Grimm, Curtis M ^a   Wally, Stefan ^a   Young, Greg ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

^b NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Competitive dynamics; Rivalry; Strategic groups

Indexed keywords

EID: 0000043549     PISSN: 01432095     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-0266(199702)18:2<149::AID-SMJ854>3.0.CO;2-O     Document Type: Article

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