Superstores and the evolution of firm capabilities in American bookselling

Strategic Management Journal

Volumn 21, Issue 10-11, 2000, Pages 1043-1059

  Raff, Daniel M G ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^b NATIONAL BUREAU OF ECONOMIC RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

Books; Competition; Evolution; Information; Retailing; Superstores

Indexed keywords

EID: 0000873097     PISSN: 01432095     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/1097-0266(200010/11)21:10/11<1043::aid-smj137>3.0.co;2-7     Document Type: Article

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