Research notes and commentaries the use of limited dependent variable techniques in strategy research: Issues and methods

Strategic Management Journal

Volumn 30, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 679-692

  Wiersema, Margarethe F ^a   Bowenz, Harry P ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b QUEENS UNIVERSITY OF CHARLOTTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Empirical methods; Limited dependent variable; Strategy research

Indexed keywords

DEPENDENT VARIABLES; DISCRETE VALUES; EMPIRICAL METHODS; FIRM PERFORMANCE; LIMITED DEPENDENT VARIABLE; STRATEGIC CHOICE; STRATEGY RESEARCH;

LASER DOPPLER VELOCIMETERS;

RESEARCH;

EID: 67649909028     PISSN: 01432095     EISSN: 10970266     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/smj.758     Document Type: Review

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