Strategic groups as subsets of strategic scope groups in the Belgian brewing industry

Strategic Management Journal

Volumn 18, Issue 8, 1997, Pages 653-666

  Houthoofd, Noël ^a   Heene, Aimé ^b  

^a VLEKHO   (Belgium)

^b VLERICK BUSINESS SCHOOL   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Mobility barriers; SCP paradigm; Strategic groups; Strategic scope groups

Indexed keywords

EID: 0012666297     PISSN: 01432095     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-0266(199709)18:8<653::AID-SMJ910>3.0.CO;2-E     Document Type: Article

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