Firm resources, competitive actions and performance: Investigating a mediated model with evidence from the in-vitro diagnostics industry

Strategic Management Journal

Volumn 32, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 640-657

  Ndofor, Hermann Achidi ^a   Sirmon, David G ^a   He, Xiaoming ^b  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b BEIJING JIAOTONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

competitive dynamics; mediation; resource based view; technological resources

Indexed keywords

COMPETITIVE DYNAMICS; FIRM PERFORMANCE; IN-VITRO; IN-VITRO DIAGNOSTIC; MANUFACTURING INDUSTRIES; MEDIATION; MEDICAL DIAGNOSTICS; RESOURCE-BASED VIEW; TECHNOLOGICAL RESOURCES;

INDUSTRY;

DYNAMICS;

EID: 78249261346     PISSN: 01432095     EISSN: 10970266     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/smj.901     Document Type: Article

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