The interaction effect of rivalry restraint and competitive advantage on profit: Why the whole is less than the sum of the parts

Management Science

Volumn 56, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 356-372

  Makadok, Richard ^a  

^a EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Business strategy; Collusion; Competitive advantage; Industrial organization economics; Orizontal differentiation; Rivalry

Indexed keywords

BUSINESS STRATEGY; COMPETITIVE ADVANTAGE; ECONOMIC VALUES; INDUSTRIAL ORGANIZATION ECONOMICS; INTERACTION EFFECT; NEGATIVE INTERACTION; PRICE COMPETITION; THEORETICAL MODELS;

ECONOMICS; INDUSTRIAL MANAGEMENT; PROFITABILITY; STRATEGIC PLANNING;

COMPETITION;

EID: 77249174860     PISSN: 00251909     EISSN: 15265501     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1287/mnsc.1090.1102     Document Type: Article

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