Are technology-intensive industries more dynamically competitive? No and yes

Organization Science

Volumn 21, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 271-289

  Vaaler, Paul M ^a   McNamara, Gerry ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^b MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Dynamic competition; Technology intensive industries

Indexed keywords

EID: 77953711848     PISSN: 10477039     EISSN: 15265455     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1287/orsc.1080.0392     Document Type: Article

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