How much does industry matter, really?

Strategic Management Journal

Volumn 18, Issue SPEC. ISS., 1997, Pages 15-30

  McGahan, Anita M ^a   Porter, Michael E ^a  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Firm performance; Industry effects; Profit components

Indexed keywords

EID: 0002770369     PISSN: 01432095     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(sici)1097-0266(199707)18:1+<15::aid-smj916>3.3.co;2-t     Document Type: Article

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