Do strategic groups exist? An economic framework for analysis

Strategic Management Journal

Volumn 19, Issue 11, 1998, Pages 1029-1044

  Dranove, David ^a   Peteraf, Margaret ^b   Shanley, Mark ^a  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

Economics; Industry analysis; Performance; Strategic groups; Strategic interactions

Indexed keywords

EID: 0000063326     PISSN: 01432095     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-0266(1998110)19:11<1029::AID-SMJ992>3.0.CO;2-L     Document Type: Article

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