To be different, or to be the same? It's a question (and theory) of strategic balance

Strategic Management Journal

Volumn 20, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 147-166

  Deephouse, David L ^a  

^a LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Banking; Competition; Conformity; Differentiation; Legitimation

Indexed keywords

EID: 0000532837     PISSN: 01432095     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-0266(199902)20:2<147::AID-SMJ11>3.0.CO;2-Q     Document Type: Article

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