Similarity judgments in strategy formulation: Role, process and implications

Strategic Management Journal

Volumn 18, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 255-273

  Farjoun, Moshe ^a   Lai, Linda ^b  

^a TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^b BI NORWEGIAN BUSINESS SCHOOL   (Norway)

Author keywords

Competition; Diversification; Similarity judgments; Strategic decision making; Strategy formulation

Indexed keywords

EID: 0012005794     PISSN: 01432095     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-0266(199704)18:4<255::AID-SMJ875>3.0.CO;2-J     Document Type: Article

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