Location choices under strategic interactions

Strategic Management Journal

Volumn 36, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 197-215

  Alcácer, Juan ^a   Dezso, Cristian ^b   Zhao, Minyuan ^c  

^a HARVARD BUSINESS SCHOOL   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

Firm heterogeneity; Game theory; Location strategies

Indexed keywords

COMMERCE; COMPETITION; GAME THEORY;

ACROSS TIME; FIRM HETEROGENEITY; LOCATION CHOICE; LOCATION STRATEGIES; OPPORTUNITY COSTS; STRATEGIC INTERACTIONS; TRANSFER CAPABILITY;

LOCATION;

EID: 84920917791     PISSN: 01432095     EISSN: 10970266     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/smj.2214     Document Type: Article

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