INDUSTRY STRUCTURE, STRATEGY, AND PERFORMANCE.
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Title
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INDUSTRY STRUCTURE, STRATEGY, AND PERFORMANCE.
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Identifier
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AAI8708310
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identifier
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8708310
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Creator
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OBAIDAT, SULEIMAN KHALID.
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Contributor
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Steven Schnaars
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Date
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1987
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Language
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English
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Publisher
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City University of New York.
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Subject
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Business Administration, Management
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Abstract
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This is a study of the strategies of 304 U.S. manufacturing companies. All the firms in the sample were contained on Compustat tapes and business level strategy was classified according to Porter's typology consisting of focus, costleadership and differentiation strategy. Information from the Compustat tapes, SEC 10K reports, Dun and Bradstreet's Million Dollar Directory and annual reports was used to classify the strategies. Furthermore, this information was used to identify the businesses of the firms. Moreover, the publications of the Census Bureau were used to calculate the concentration index.;It was hypothesized that firms operating in high concentration and entry barriers would favor the combination strategy (costleadership/differentiation) over the other types of strategies--focus, cost and differentiation. The mean return on assets was as expected. Moreover, it was hypothesized that firms which followed any type of strategy would outperform those that are classified as "stuck in the middle." The mean return on assets was as expected, with a significant difference between any type of strategy and "stuck in the middle." It was also hypothesized that the size of the firm would be related to the relative success of strategies. Performance was higher when the size of the firm was large and when the combination strategy (costleadership/differentiation) was adopted.
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Type
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dissertation
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Source
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PQT Legacy CUNY.xlsx
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degree
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Ph.D.
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Program
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Business
