Analysing industry profitability: A "complexity as cause" perspective

European Management Journal

Volumn 28, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 95-107

  Caldart, Adrián A ^a   Oliveira, Fernando ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WARWICK   (United Kingdom)

^b ESSEC BUSINESS SCHOOL   (France)

Author keywords

Agent based simulations; Co evolution; Competitive dimensions; Competitive strategy; Complexity theory; Industry structure

Indexed keywords

EID: 76349114955     PISSN: 02632373     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.emj.2009.04.004     Document Type: Article

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