Competing after radical technological change: The significance of product line management strategy

Strategic Management Journal

Volumn 24, Issue 13, 2003, Pages 1265-1287

  Jones, Neil ^a  

^a INSEAD   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Firm performance; Product family; Product line strategy; Radical technological change

Indexed keywords

COMPETITION; ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL EFFECTS;

COMPETITIVE ADVANTAGE; COMPETITIVE PERFORMANCE; MANAGEMENT STRATEGIES; PRIVATE BRANCH EXCHANGES; PRODUCT INTRODUCTION; PRODUCT LINE STRATEGY; PRODUCT PLATFORMS; TECHNOLOGICAL CHANGE;

TELECOMMUNICATION INDUSTRY;

EID: 77957881285     PISSN: 01432095     EISSN: 10970266     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/smj.354     Document Type: Article

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