Choice interactions and business strategy

Management Science

Volumn 54, Issue 9, 2008, Pages 1638-1651

  Ghemawat, Pankaj ^a   Levinthal, Daniel ^b  

^a IESE BUSINESS SCHOOL   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Activity systems; Choice interactions; Fitness landscapes; Path dependence; Strategic choice

Indexed keywords

ACTIVITY SYSTEMS; CHOICE INTERACTIONS; FITNESS LANDSCAPES; PATH-DEPENDENCE; STRATEGIC CHOICE;

STRATEGIC PLANNING;

HEALTH;

EID: 61949397726     PISSN: 00251909     EISSN: 15265501     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1287/mnsc.1080.0883     Document Type: Article

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