Taking industry structuring seriously: A strategic perspective on product differentiation

Strategic Management Journal

Volumn 34, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 509-532

  Makadok, Richard ^a   Ross, David Gaddis ^b  

^a EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b The Sanford C Bernstein Co Center for Leadership and Ethics   (United States)

Author keywords

collusion; competitive advantage; industry structure; product differentiation; rivalry

Indexed keywords

COLLUSION; COMPETITIVE ADVANTAGE; INDUSTRY STRUCTURES; PRODUCT DIFFERENTIATION; RIVALRY;

COMMERCE; COMPETITION; PROFITABILITY;

INDUSTRY;

EID: 84875665249     PISSN: 01432095     EISSN: 10970266     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/smj.2033     Document Type: Article

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