Hypercompetition in a Multimarket Environment: The Role of Strategic Similarity and Multimarket Contact in Competitive De-escalation

Organization Science

Volumn 7, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 322-341

  Gimeno, Javier ^a   Woo, Carolyn Y ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

Hypercompetition; Multimarket Contact; Multiple Point Competition; Rivalry; Strategic Groups; Strategic Similarity

Indexed keywords

EID: 0030493885     PISSN: 10477039     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1287/orsc.7.3.322     Document Type: Article

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