Competitive intensity and collaboration: Impact on firm growth across technological environments

Strategic Management Journal

Volumn 29, Issue 10, 2008, Pages 1057-1075

  Ang, Siah Hwee ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND BUSINESS SCHOOL   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Collaboration; Competitive intensity; Firm growth; Technology intensity

Indexed keywords

FACINGS;

COLLABORATION; COMPETITIVE INTENSITY; FIRM GROWTH; TECHNOLOGY INTENSITY;

INDUSTRY;

EID: 53149128721     PISSN: 01432095     EISSN: 10970266     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/smj.695     Document Type: Article

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