Contrasting alternative explanations for the consequences of category spanning: A study of restaurant reviews and menus in San Francisco

Strategic Organization

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 7-37

  Kovács, Balázs ^a   Johnson, Rebeka ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LUGANO   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Category spanning; niche width; population ecology; restaurants; typicality

Indexed keywords

EID: 84893572609     PISSN: 14761270     EISSN: 1741315X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1476127013502465     Document Type: Article

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