Opportunity costs, industry dynamics, and corporate diversification: Evidence from the cardiovascular medical device industry, 1976-2004

Strategic Management Journal

Volumn 34, Issue 11, 2013, Pages 1265-1287

  Wu, Brian ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

cardiovascular medical device; corporate diversification; non scale free capabilities; opportunity costs; relative demand maturity; self selection

Indexed keywords

CORPORATE DIVERSIFICATION; MEDICAL DEVICES; NON-SCALE FREE CAPABILITIES; OPPORTUNITY COSTS; RELATIVE DEMAND MATURITY; SELF-SELECTION;

BIOMEDICAL EQUIPMENT; COMMERCE; COSTS;

INDUSTRY;

EID: 84884290003     PISSN: 01432095     EISSN: 10970266     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/smj.2069     Document Type: Article

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