"Austrian" and Industrial Organization Perspectives on Firm-level Competitive Activity and Performance

Organization Science

Volumn 7, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 243-254

  Young, Greg ^a   Smith, Ken G ^a   Grimm, Curtis M ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

Austrian Economics; Dynamic Strategy; Hypercompetition; Industrial Organization Economics; Inter firm Cooperation; Performance

Indexed keywords

EID: 0030509675     PISSN: 10477039     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1287/orsc.7.3.243     Document Type: Article

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