Imitation of complex strategies

Management Science

Volumn 46, Issue 6, 2000, Pages 824-844

  Rivkin, Jan W ^a  

^a HARVARD BUSINESS SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPETITION; COMPUTATIONAL COMPLEXITY; HEURISTIC METHODS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; OPTIMAL SYSTEMS;

COMPETITIVE ADVANTAGE; IMITATION; INTERACTIONS;

MANAGEMENT SCIENCE;

EID: 0034207532     PISSN: 00251909     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1287/mnsc.46.6.824.11940     Document Type: Article

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