Bigger and safer: The diffusion of competitive advantage

Strategic Management Journal

Volumn 30, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 1-23

  Greve, Henrich R ^a  

^a INSEAD   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Cluster theory; Competitive advantage; Diffusion; Network theory; Resource based view

Indexed keywords

CIRCUIT THEORY; COMPETITION; FORECASTING; HETEROGENEOUS NETWORKS; PROGRAMMING THEORY; TECHNOLOGY;

CLUSTER THEORY; COMPETITIVE ADVANTAGE; DIFFUSION MODELING; NETWORK SPACE; NETWORK THEORY; RESOURCE BASED VIEW; TECHNOLOGY DIFFUSION;

DIFFUSION;

EID: 58449092683     PISSN: 01432095     EISSN: 10970266     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/smj.721     Document Type: Article

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