What do we know about variance in accounting profitability?

Management Science

Volumn 48, Issue 7, 2002, Pages 834-851

  McGahan, Anita M ^a,b   Porter, Michael E ^a,b  

^a BOSTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b HARVARD BUSINESS SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Corporate strategy; Industry structure; Performance; Sustainability

Indexed keywords

ECONOMICS; PERFORMANCE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT MANAGEMENT; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT;

ACCOUNTING PROFITABILITY; CORPORATE STRATEGY; INDUSTRY STRUCTURE;

COST ACCOUNTING;

EID: 0036650773     PISSN: 00251909     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1287/mnsc.48.7.834.2816     Document Type: Article

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