Learning and product entry: How diversification patterns differ over firm age and knowledge domains in U.S. generic drug industry

Strategic Management Journal

Volumn 35, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 440-449

  Xie, Xuanli ^a   O'Neill, Hugh M ^b  

^a PEKING UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

diversification; organizational age; organizational knowledge; organizational learning; product market entry

Indexed keywords

DIVERSIFICATION; ORGANIZATIONAL AGE; ORGANIZATIONAL KNOWLEDGE; ORGANIZATIONAL LEARNING; PRODUCT-MARKET ENTRY;

COMMERCE; INDUSTRY;

KNOWLEDGE MANAGEMENT;

EID: 84893781724     PISSN: 01432095     EISSN: 10970266     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/smj.2101     Document Type: Article

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