Performance implications of delayed competitive responses: Evidence from the U.S. retail industry

Strategic Management Journal

Volumn 29, Issue 10, 2008, Pages 1077-1096

  Boyd, Jens L ^a   Bresser, Rudi K F ^a  

^a FREIE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Competitive dynamics; Response timing; Retail industry

Indexed keywords

COMPETITION; INDUSTRIAL ECONOMICS;

COMPETITIVE DYNAMICS; KEY-MANAGEMENT; LINEAR RELATIONSHIPS; RESPONSE DELAYS; RESPONSE TIMING; RETAIL INDUSTRY;

TIME MEASUREMENT;

EID: 53049110960     PISSN: 01432095     EISSN: 10970266     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/smj.710     Document Type: Review

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