
doi: 10.2307/2950446
This paper examines competition between groups of firms selling products that are complementary within the group but substitutes across groups. Examples include shops within different malls and components of different computer systems. It shows that firms within a group will often prefer to stay as separate companies rather than merge. Copyright 1994 by Blackwell Publishing Ltd.
| selected citations These citations are derived from selected sources. This is an alternative to the "Influence" indicator, which also reflects the overall/total impact of an article in the research community at large, based on the underlying citation network (diachronically). | 36 | |
| popularity This indicator reflects the "current" impact/attention (the "hype") of an article in the research community at large, based on the underlying citation network. | Top 10% | |
| influence This indicator reflects the overall/total impact of an article in the research community at large, based on the underlying citation network (diachronically). | Top 1% | |
| impulse This indicator reflects the initial momentum of an article directly after its publication, based on the underlying citation network. | Average |
