Management heterogeneity, competitive interaction groups, and firm performance

Strategic Management Journal

Volumn 21, Issue 9, 2000, Pages 911-923

  Pegels, C Carl ^a   Song, Yong I ^a   Yang, Baik ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY AT BUFFALO   (United States)

^b William M Mercer Korea   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Competitive interaction group; Firm performance; Management heterogeneity; Strategic leadership; Top management team

Indexed keywords

EID: 0001559307     PISSN: 01432095     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/1097-0266(200009)21:9<911::AID-SMJ124>3.0.CO;2-9     Document Type: Article

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