Strategy and circumstance: The response of American firms to Japanese competition in semiconductors, 1980-1995

Strategic Management Journal

Volumn 21, Issue 10-11, 2000, Pages 1163-1173

  Langlois, Richard N ^a   Steinmueller, W Edward ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SUSSEX   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Capabilities; International competition; Semiconductors

Indexed keywords

EID: 0012249097     PISSN: 01432095     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/1097-0266(200010/11)21:10/11<1163::AID-SMJ142>3.0.CO;2-G     Document Type: Article

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