Firm responses to social movement pressures: A competitive dynamics perspective

Strategic Management Journal

Volumn 36, Issue 7, 2015, Pages 1093-1104

  Pacheco, Desiree F ^a   Dean, Thomas J ^b  

^a PORTLAND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Veterinary Dentistry and Oral Surgery   (United States)

Author keywords

activism; competitive dynamics; renewable energy; social movement; strategic response

Indexed keywords

COMMERCE; DEREGULATION; ELECTRIC UTILITIES; MOTIVATION; WIND POWER;

ACTIVISM; COMPETITIVE DYNAMICS; RENEWABLE ENERGIES; SOCIAL MOVEMENTS; STRATEGIC RESPONSE;

POWER MARKETS;

EID: 84988306507     PISSN: 01432095     EISSN: 10970266     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/smj.2273     Document Type: Article

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