The application of cluster analysis in strategic management research: An analysis and critique

Strategic Management Journal

Volumn 17, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 441-458

  Ketchen Jr , David J ^a   Shook, Christopher L ^b  

^a LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NORTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Classification; Cluster analysis; Configurational research; Strategic groups

Indexed keywords

CLASSIFICATION; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; FIRM STRATEGY;

REVIEWS; STATISTICAL METHODS; STRATEGIC PLANNING;

MANAGEMENT;

EID: 0030373901     PISSN: 01432095     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(sici)1097-0266(199606)17:6<441::aid-smj819>3.0.co;2-g     Document Type: Article

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