A Fractal Approach to Industry Dynamism

Organization Studies

Volumn 32, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 825-851

  Farjoun, Moshe ^a   Levin, Moshe ^b  

^a YORK UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

competitive strategy; industry evolution; information complexity; media industries; unpredictability

Indexed keywords

EID: 79959472414     PISSN: 01708406     EISSN: 17413044     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0170840611410817     Document Type: Article

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