Size (and competition) among organizations: Modeling scale-based selection among automobile producers in four major countries, 1885-1981

Strategic Management Journal

Volumn 24, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 541-558

  Dobrev, Stanislav D ^a   Carroll, Glenn R ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

^b STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Organizational ecology; Organizational size; Scale competition; Scale based selection

Indexed keywords

AUTOMOTIVE INDUSTRY; COSTS; RESEARCH; SOCIETIES AND INSTITUTIONS;

ORGANIZATIONAL SIZE;

STRATEGIC PLANNING;

EID: 0038296961     PISSN: 01432095     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/smj.317     Document Type: Review

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