Software firm turnarounds in the 1990s: An analysis of reversing decline in a growing, dynamic industry

Strategic Management Journal

Volumn 34, Issue 9, 2013, Pages 1123-1133

  Ndofor, Hermann Achidi ^a   Vanevenhoven, Jeff ^b   Barker, Vincent L ^c  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN WHITEWATER   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS   (United States)

Author keywords

organizational decline; retrenchment; strategic change; turnaround

Indexed keywords

DYNAMIC INDUSTRY; NEW PRODUCT INTRODUCTIONS; ORGANIZATIONAL DECLINES; PERFORMANCE RECOVERY; RETRENCHMENT; STRATEGIC ALLIANCE; STRATEGIC CHANGES; TURNAROUND;

SOFTWARE TESTING;

INDUSTRY;

EID: 84880329112     PISSN: 01432095     EISSN: 10970266     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/smj.2050     Document Type: Article

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