Co-evolution of firm capabilities and industry competition: Investigating the music industry, 1877-1997

Organization Studies

Volumn 22, Issue 6, 2001, Pages 971-1011

  Huygens, Marc ^a   Baden Fuller, Charles ^a,b   Van Den Bosch, Frans A J ^a   Volberda, Henk W ^a  

^a ERASMUS UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b CITY UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Capabilities; Co evolution; Competitive regimes; Multi level research; Music industry; Search behaviour; Strategic renewal

Indexed keywords

EID: 0038843686     PISSN: 01708406     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0170840601226004     Document Type: Article

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