Letting the market work for you: An evolutionary perspective on product strategy

Strategic Management Journal

Volumn 21, Issue 5, 2000, Pages 577-592

  Sorenson, Olav ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Computer industry; Organizational learning; Product line; Variety

Indexed keywords

EID: 0001049580     PISSN: 01432095     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-0266(200005)21:5<577::AID-SMJ105>3.0.CO;2-C     Document Type: Review

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