Firm size, strategic advantage, and profit rates in US retailing

Journal of Retailing and Consumer Services

Volumn 11, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 181-193

  Amato, Louis H ^a   Amato, Christie H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA AT CHARLOTTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPARATIVE ADVANTAGE; FIRM SIZE; INDUSTRIAL PERFORMANCE; PROFITABILITY;

NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 1942424267     PISSN: 09696989     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0969-6989(03)00036-5     Document Type: Article

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