Does firm performance reveal its own causes? The role of bayesian inference

Strategic Management Journal

Volumn 31, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 39-57

  Tang, Ying Chan ^a   Liou, Fen May ^b  

^a NATIONAL CHIAO TUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b YUANPEI UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BAYESIAN; BAYESIAN INFERENCE; CAUSAL RELATIONSHIPS; CENTRAL PROBLEMS; COMPETITIVE ADVANTAGE; DYNAMIC CAPABILITIES; DYNAMIC LEARNING; FINANCIAL INDICATOR; FINANCIAL PERFORMANCE; FIRM PERFORMANCE; OPERATIONAL PERFORMANCE; RESOURCE CONFIGURATIONS; SEMICONDUCTOR INDUSTRY; STRATEGIC MANAGEMENT; SUSTAINABLE COMPETITIVE ADVANTAGES; THEORETICAL DEVELOPMENT; THEORETICAL FRAMEWORK;

BAYESIAN NETWORKS; INFERENCE ENGINES; SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE MANUFACTURE; STRATEGIC PLANNING; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT;

COMPETITION;

EID: 73849107848     PISSN: 01432095     EISSN: 10970266     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/smj.799     Document Type: Article

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