Hidden but in plain sight: The role of scale adjustment in industry dynamics

Strategic Management Journal

Volumn 35, Issue 11, 2014, Pages 1569-1584

  Knudsen, Thorbjørn ^a   Levinthal, Daniel A ^b   Winter, Sidney G ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN DENMARK   (Denmark)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

adaptation; competitive advantage; firm growth; industry evolution; NK model

Indexed keywords

DYNAMICS; PROFITABILITY;

ADAPTATION; COMPETITIVE ADVANTAGE; FIRM GROWTH; INDUSTRY EVOLUTION; NK MODELS;

COMPETITION;

EID: 84907940234     PISSN: 01432095     EISSN: 10970266     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/smj.2197     Document Type: Article

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