Firm survival and industry evolution in vertically related populations

Management Science

Volumn 58, Issue 9, 2012, Pages 1632-1650

  De Figueiredo, John M ^a   Silverman, Brian S ^b  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Computer electronic industries; Organizational ecology; Strategy; Vertical integration

Indexed keywords

COMPETITIVE PRESSURE; EMPIRICAL EXAMINATION; FIRM SURVIVAL; GOVERNANCE FORMS; INDUSTRY EVOLUTION; LASER ENGINES; LASER PRINTERS; ORGANIZATIONAL ECOLOGY; STRATEGY; SURVIVAL RATE; UPSTREAM INDUSTRY; VERTICAL INTEGRATION;

ECOLOGY; SOCIETIES AND INSTITUTIONS;

INDUSTRY;

EID: 84866389664     PISSN: 00251909     EISSN: 15265501     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1287/mnsc.1110.1507     Document Type: Article

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