Cointegration of firm strategies within groups: A long-run analysis of firm behavior in the Japanese steel industry

Strategic Management Journal

Volumn 24, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 145-159

  Nair, Anil ^a   Filer, Larry ^a  

^a OLD DOMINION UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cointegration analyses; Competitive dynamics; Strategic groups

Indexed keywords

RESEARCH; SOCIETIES AND INSTITUTIONS; STRATEGIC PLANNING;

FIRM STRATEGIES;

IRON AND STEEL INDUSTRY;

EID: 0037301978     PISSN: 01432095     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/smj.286     Document Type: Article

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