Asymmetric rivalry between strategic groups: Response, speed of response and ex ante vs. ex post competitive interaction in the spanish bank deposit market

Strategic Management Journal

Volumn 26, Issue 8, 2005, Pages 713-745

  Más Ruiz, Francisco J ^a,b   Nicolau Gonzálbez, Juan L ^a   Ruiz Moreno, Felipe ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALICANTE   (Spain)

^b Campus de San Vicente del Raspeig   (Spain)

Author keywords

Asymmetric rivalry; Banking; Conjectural variation; Deregulation; Size; Strategic groups

Indexed keywords

COMPETITION; DEREGULATION; INDUSTRIAL ECONOMICS; MARKETING; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MOTIVATION; SOCIETIES AND INSTITUTIONS;

ASYMMETRIC RIVALRY; BANKING; CONJECTURAL VARIATIONS; SIZES; STRATEGIC GROUPS;

STRATEGIC PLANNING;

EID: 21944449695     PISSN: 01432095     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/smj.471     Document Type: Review

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