Competitive positioning within and across a strategic group structure: The performance of core, secondary, and solitary firms

Strategic Management Journal

Volumn 24, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 161-181

  McNamara, Gerry ^a   Deephouse, David L ^b   Luce, Rebecca A ^c  

^a MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^c TEXAS CHRISTIAN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Differentiation; Institutional pressures; Strategic groups

Indexed keywords

COMPETITION; INDUSTRIAL ECONOMICS; PERFORMANCE; SOCIETIES AND INSTITUTIONS;

COMPETITIVE POSITIONING;

STRATEGIC PLANNING;

EID: 0037302949     PISSN: 01432095     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/smj.289     Document Type: Article

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