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Competitive conformity effects on performance : entrepreneurship and radicality in firms' competitive profles /

This dissertation examined the effects on firm performance of severe deviations from competitive conformity. Moderate departures from industry norms represent entrepreneurial opportunities for firms. More severe departures invoke institutional sanctions and strain technical rationalization. The act...

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Main Author:	Martinez, Richard Jon
Format:	Thesis Book
Language:	English
Published:	[Place of publication not identified] : [publisher not identified] ; 2001.
Subjects:	Major management.
Online Access:	http://proxy.library.tamu.edu/login?url=http://proquest.umi.com/pqdweb?did=729049611&sid=1&Fmt=2&clientId=2945&RQT=309&VName=PQD

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