Product location choice and firm capabilities: Evidence from the U.S. Automobile industry

Strategic Management Journal

Volumn 21, Issue 9, 2000, Pages 897-909

  Thomas, Louis ^a   Weigelt, Keith ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Firm capabilities; New product introductions; Product differentiation

Indexed keywords

EID: 0041030892     PISSN: 01432095     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/1097-0266(200009)21:9<897::AID-SMJ140>3.0.CO;2-X     Document Type: Article

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