Dynamics of the strategic group membership-performance linkage in rapidly changing environments

Journal of Business Research

Volumn 57, Issue 12 SPEC.ISS., 2004, Pages 1378-1390

  Zúñiga Vicente, José Ángel ^a   de la Fuente Sabaté, Juan Manuel ^b   Suárez González, Isabel ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SALAMANCA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BURGOS   (Spain)

Author keywords

Dynamic analysis; Industrial organization theory; MCLUST; Performance differences; Resource based view; Strategic groups

Indexed keywords

EID: 5444262590     PISSN: 01482963     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0148-2963(03)00071-7     Document Type: Article

References (83)

1. Amel D.F. Rhoades S.A. Strategic groups in banking Rev. Econ. Stat. 70 4 1988 685-689
2. Amel D.F. Rhoades S.A. The performance effects of strategic groups in banking Antitrust Bull. 37 1992 171-186
3. Bailey E.E. Williams J.R. Sources of economic rent in the deregulated airline industry J. Law Econ. 31 1 1988 173-202
4. Bain J. Industrial organization 1959 Wiley New York
5. Banfield J.D. Raftery A.E. Model-based gaussian and non-gaussian clustering Biometrics 49 3 1993 803-821
6. Barney J.B. Firm resources and sustained competitive advantage J. Manage. 17 1 1991 99-120
7. Barney J.B. Hoskisson R.E. Strategic groups: untested assertions and research proposals Manag. Decis. Econ. 11 2 1990 187-198
8. Bogner W.C. Thomas H. The role of competitive groups in strategy formulation: a dynamic integration of two competing models J. Manag. Stud. 30 1 1993 51-67
9. Bogner W.C. Thomas H. McGee J.A. A longitudinal study of the competitive positions and entry paths of European firms in the U.S. pharmaceutical market Strateg. Manage. J. 17 2 1996 85-107
10. Bond J. Banking is 90 percent action, 10 percent strategy. In: Dauphinais G.W. Means G. Price C. (Eds.). Wisdom of the CEO 2000 43-50 Wiley New York
11. Bresser R.K.F. Dunbar R.L.M. Jithendranathan T. Competitive and collective strategies: an empirical examination of strategic groups Adv. Strateg. Manage. 10B 1994 187-211
12. Caminal R. Gual J. Vives X. Competition in Spanish banking. In: Dermine J. (Ed.). European banking in the 1990s 1993 271-321 Blackwell Business Oxford
13. Campbell J.G. Fraley C. Murtagh F. Raftery A.E. Linear flaw detection in woven textiles using model-based clustering Pattern Recogn. Lett. 18 1997 1539-1548
14. Carroll C. Pandian J.R.M. Thomas H. Assessing the height of mobility barriers: a methodology and an empirical test in the UK retail grocery industry Br. J. Manage. 5 1 1994 1-18
15. Caves R.E. Ghemawat P. Identifying mobility barriers Strateg. Manage. J. 13 1 1992 1-12
16. Caves R.E. Porter M.E. From entry barriers to mobility barriers: conjectural decisions and contrived deterrence to new competition Q. J. Econ. 91 2 1977 241-261
17. Caves RE, Pugel T. Intraindustry differences in conduct and performance: viable strategies in U.S. manufacturing industries. New York University, Salomon Brothers Center for the Study of Financial Institutions, monograph 1970, No. 2; 1980
18. Chakravarthy B.S. Measuring strategic performance Strateg. Manage. J. 7 5 1986 437-458
19. Cool K.O. Dierickx I. Rivalry, strategic groups and firm profitability Strateg. Manage. J. 14 1 1993 47-59
20. Cool K.O. Schendel D. Strategic group formation and performance: the case of the U.S. pharmaceutical industry, 1963-1982 Manage. Sci. 33 9 1987 1102-1124
21. Cool K.O. Schendel D. Performance differences among strategic group members Strateg. Manage. J. 9 3 1988 207-223
22. Dess G.G. Davis P.S. Porter's (1980) generic strategies as determinants of strategic group membership and organizational performance Acad. Manage. J. 27 3 1984 467-488
23. Dierickx I. Cool K. Asset stock accumulation and sustainability of competitive advantage Manage. Sci. 35 12 1989 1504-1511
24. Donsimoni M.P. Leoz-Arguelles V. Strategic groups: an application to foreign and domestic firms in Spain Rech. Econ. Louvain 47 3/4 1981 291-306
25. Dowling M.J. Ruefli T.W. Technological innovation as a gateway to entry: the case of the telecommunications equipment industry Res. Policy 21 1 1992 63-77
26. Dranove D. Peteraf M. Shanley M. Do strategic groups exist? An economic framework for analysis Strateg. Manage. J. 19 11 1998 1029-1044
27. Fiegenbaum A. Thomas H. Strategic groups and performance: the U.S. insurance industry, 1970-84 Strateg. Manage. J. 11 3 1990 197-215
28. Fombrun C.J. Ginsberg A. Shifting gears: enabling change in corporate aggressiveness Strateg. Manage. J. 11 4 1990 297-308
29. Fombrun C.J. Zajac E.J. Structural and perceptual influences on intraindustry stratification Acad. Manage. J. 30 1 1987 33-50
30. Fraley C, Raftery AE. MCLUST: software for model-based cluster analysis. Technical Report No. 342. Seattle, WA: University of Washington, Department of Statistics; 1998
31. Frazier G.L. Howell R.D. Business definition and performance J. Mark. 47 2 1983 59-67
32. Green P.E. Analyzing multivariate data 1978 Dryden Press Hinsdale (IL)
33. Hannan M.T. Freeman J. Structural inertia and organizational change Am. Sociol. Rev. 49 2 1984 149-164
34. Hatten KJ. Strategic models in the brewing industry. Unpublished doctoral dissertation. Lafayette, IN: Purdue University; 1974
35. Hatten K.J. Hatten M.L. Strategic groups, asymmetrical mobility barriers and contestability Strateg. Manage. J. 8 4 1987 329-342
36. Hatten K.J. Schendel D.E. Heterogeneity within an industry: firm conduct in the U.S. brewing industry, 1952-71 J. Ind. Econ. 26 2 1977 97-113
37. Hatten K.J. Schendel D.E. Cooper A.C. A strategic model of the U.S. brewing industry: 1952-1971 Acad. Manage. J. 21 4 1978 592-610
38. Hawes J.M. Crittenden W.F. A taxonomy of competitive retailing strategies Strateg. Manage. J. 5 3 1984 275-287
39. Hergert, M. The incidence and implications of strategic grouping in U.S. manufacturing industries. Unpublished doctoral dissertation. Harvard University; 1983
40. Hergert M. Causes and consequences of strategic grouping in U.S. manufacturing industries Int. Stud. Manage. Organ. 18 1 1987 26-49
41. Houthoofd N. Heene A. Strategic groups as subsets of strategic scope groups in the Belgian brewing industry Strateg. Manage. J. 18 8 1997 653-666
42. Hunt MS. Competition in the major home appliance industry. Unpublished doctoral dissertation. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University, 1972
43. Ketchen D.J. Shook C.L. The application of cluster analysis in strategic management research: an analysis and critique Strateg. Manage. J. 17 6 1996 441-458
44. Ketchen D.J. Thomas J.B. Snow C.C. Organizational configurations and performance: a comparison of theoretical approaches Acad. Manage. J. 36 6 1993 1278-1313
45. Kim L. Lim Y. Environment generic strategies, and performance in a rapidly developing country: a taxonomic approach Acad. Manage. J. 31 4 1988 802-827
46. Kumar N. Mobility barriers and profitability of multinational and local enterprises in Indian manufacturing J. Ind. Econ. 38 4 1990 449-463
47. Lahti A. Strategy and performance of a firm: an empirical investigation in the knitwear industry in Finland in 1969-81 1983 Helsinki School of Economics Helsinki
48. Lawless M.W. Bergh D.D. Wilsted W.D. Performance variation among strategic groups members: an examination of individual firm capability J. Manage. 15 4 1989 649-661
49. Lewis P. Thomas H. The linkage between strategy, strategic groups, and performance in the UK retail grocery Strateg. Manage. J. 11 5 1990 385-397
50. Lippman S. Rumelt R.P. Uncertain imitability: an analysis of interfirm differences in efficiency under competition Bell J. Econ. 13 2 1982 418-438
51. Más F.J. Dynamic analysis of competition in marketing: strategic groups in Spanish banking Int. J. Bank Mark. 17 5 1998 233-250
52. Mascarenhas B. Aaker D.A. Mobility barriers and strategic groups Strateg. Manage. J. 10 5 1989 475-485
53. Mauri A.J. Michaels M.P. Firm and industry effects within strategic management: an empirical examination Strateg. Manage. J. 19 3 1998 211-220
54. McGee J. Strategic groups: a bridge between industry structure and strategic management. In: Thomas H. Gardner D. (Eds.). Strategic marketing and management 1985 293-313 Wiley Chichester
55. McGee J. Thomas H. Strategic groups: theory, research and taxonomy Strateg. Manage. J. 7 2 1986 141-160
56. McGee J. Thomas H. Pruett M. Strategic groups and the analysis of market structure and industry dynamics Br. J. Manage. 6 4 1995 257-270
57. Mehra A. Resource and market based determinants of performance in the U.S. banking industry Strateg. Manage. J. 17 4 1996 307-322
58. Nair A. Kotha S. Does group membership matter? Evidence from the Japanese steel industry Strateg. Manage. J. 22 3 2001 221-235
59. Nath D. Gruca T.S. Convergence across alternative methods for forming strategic groups Strateg. Manage. J. 18 9 1997 745-760
60. Newman, HH. Strategic groups and the structure-performance relationship: A study with respect to the chemical process industries. Unpublished doctoral dissertation. Harvard University; 1973
61. Newman H.H. Strategic groups and the structure-performance relationship Rev. Econ. Stat. 60 3 1978 417-427
62. Oster S.M. Intraindustry structure and the ease of strategic change Rev. Econ. Stat. 64 3 1982 376-383
63. Passmore S.W. Strategic niche and the profitability of banking Proceedings of Conference on Bank Structure and Competition 1986 478-487 Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago Chicago
64. Patton GR. A simultaneous equation model of corporate strategy: the case of the U.S. brewing industry. Unpublished doctoral dissertation. Lafayette, IN: Purdue University; 1976
65. Porac J.F. Thomas H. Cognitive categorization and subjective rivalry among retailers in a small city J. Appl. Psychol. 79 1 1994 54-66
66. Porter M.E. The structure within industries and companies' performance Rev. Econ. Stat. 61 2 1979 214-227
67. Porter M.E. Competitive strategy 1980 Free Press New York
68. Primeaux W.J. A method for determining strategic groups and life cycle stages of an industry. In: Thomas H. Gardner D. (Eds.). Strategic marketing and management 1985 315-327 Wiley Chichester
69. Ramsler M. Strategy groups and foreign market entry in global banking competition. Unpublished doctoral dissertation. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University, 1982
70. Reed R. DeFillippi R.J. Causal ambiguity, barriers to imitation, and sustainable competitive advantage Acad. Manage. Rev. 15 1 1990 88-102
71. Reger R.K. Huff A.S. Strategic groups: a cognitive perspective Strateg. Manage. J. 14 2 1993 103-124
72. Ruef M. Assessing organizational fitness on a dynamic landscape: an empirical test of the relative inertia thesis Strateg. Manage. J. 18 11 1997 837-853
73. Rumelt R.P. How much does industry matter? Strateg. Manage. J. 12 3 1991 167-185
74. Ryans A.B. Wittink D.R. Security returns as a basis for estimating the competitive structure in an industry. In: Thomas H. Gardner D. (Eds.). Strategic marketing and management 1985 329-346 Wiley Chichester
75. Schendel D. Patton G.R. A simultaneous equation model of corporate strategy Manage. Sci. 24 15 1978 1611-1621
76. Schmalensee R. Do markets differ much? Am. Econ. Rev. 75 3 1985 341-351
77. Tassey G. Competitive strategies and performance in technology-based industries J. Econ. Bus. 35 1983 21-40
78. Thomas H. Venkatraman N. Research on strategic groups: progress and prognosis J. Manag. Stud. 25 6 1988 537-555
79. Tremblay V.J. Strategic groups and the demand for beer J. Ind. Econ. 34 2 1985 183-198
80. Venkatraman N. Ramanujan V. Measurement of business performance in strategy research: a comparison of approaches Acad. Manage. Rev. 11 4 1986 801-814
81. Vikkula K. Strategic choice and performance in the securities intermediation industry: an empirical analysis of strategic groups in Scandinavia 1993 Helsinki School of Economics and Business Administration Helsinki
82. Wernerfelt B. A resource-based view of the firm Strateg. Manage. J. 5 2 1984 171-180
83. Yeung KY, Fraley C, Murua A, Raftery AE, Ruzzo WL. Model-based clustering and data transformations for gene expression data. Technical Report No. 396. Seattle, WA: University of Washington, Department of Statistics; 2001