In this study, we show that the effect of diversification on performance is not homogeneous across industries and explore analytically and empirically the implications of this finding for the diversification literature. Diversified firms perform better in industries with a small number of...

This paper investigates the strategic moves of European mobile phone operators during the early development of the industry. Drawing on the literature on competitive dynamics and markets externalities, we study the strategic actions taken by mediators, i.e., firms based on a mediating technology...

This paper focuses on identity and identification on a network level of analysis. Perceptions of competition and cooperation in relationships arising from such an approach are explored, and the concept of network identification is introduced, with an explicit focus on boundaries that are...