Value from gestalt: How sequences of competitive actions create advantage for firms in nascent markets

Strategic Management Journal

Volumn 31, Issue 13, 2010, Pages 1474-1497

  Rindova, Violina ^a   Ferrier, Walter J ^b   Wiltbank, Robert ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

^c WILLAMETTE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

competitive advantage; competitive dynamics; market valuations; pattern perception and sensemaking; sequence analysis; stock returns

Indexed keywords

COMPETITIVE ADVANTAGE; COMPETITIVE DYNAMICS; MARKET VALUATIONS; SENSEMAKING; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; STOCK RETURNS;

COMMERCE; COMPETITION; DATA PROCESSING; INDUSTRIAL RESEARCH; INVESTMENTS;

INDUSTRY;

EID: 78249234145     PISSN: 01432095     EISSN: 10970266     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/smj.892     Document Type: Article

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