STRATEGIC GROUPS AND RIVALROUS FIRM BEHAVIOR: TOWARDS A RECONCILIATION

This research examines the question of whether rivalry is greater between or within strategic groups by utilizing more direct, dynamic and fine-grained measures of rivalry. Examining the competitive actions of firms in different strategic groups to determine if competitive responses were more likely...

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Published in:Strategic management journal 1997-02, Vol.18 (2), p.149-157
Main Authors: SMITH, KEN G., GRIMM, CURTIS M., YOUNG, GREG, WALLY, STEFAN
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Air transportation industry
Airline industry
Airlines
Alliances
Applied sciences
Cluster analysis
Competition
Competitive advantage
competitive dynamics
Corporate strategies
Economic concentration
Economic resources
Endowment
Enterprises
Exact sciences and technology
Firm modelling
Firm theory
Industry
Observational learning
Operational research and scientific management
Operational research. Management science
Organizational behavior
Price cuts
Reconciliation
Research Notes and Communications
Rivalry
strategic groups
Strategic management
Strategic planning
Studies
Tit for tat
Warfare
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Summary:This research examines the question of whether rivalry is greater between or within strategic groups by utilizing more direct, dynamic and fine-grained measures of rivalry. Examining the competitive actions of firms in different strategic groups to determine if competitive responses were more likely to occur from firms in the same strategic group, or from firms in different strategic groups, the research found that competitive responses cannot be predicted by strategic group membership. Importantly, however, strategic group membership is a predictor of the manner by which firms compete with one another, or the frequency with which they undertake competitive actions, cut prices, instigate warfare and imitate rivals.
ISSN:0143-2095
1097-0266
DOI:10.1002/(SICI)1097-0266(199702)18:2<149::AID-SMJ854>3.0.CO;2-O