Firm-specific versus industry structure factors in explaining performance variation: Empirical evidence from Turkey

Management Research Review

Volumn 34, Issue 10, 2011, Pages 1125-1146

  Kamasak, Rifat ^a  

^a YEDITEPE UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Firm resources; Hierarchical regression; Industry structure; Performance variation; Strategic management; Turkey

Indexed keywords

EID: 80053087612     PISSN: 20408269     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/01409171111171519     Document Type: Article

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