Competitive dynamics research has focused primarily on interactions between dyads of firms. Drawing on the awareness-motivation-capability framework and strategic group theory we extend this by proposing that firms' actions are influenced by perceived competitive pressure resulting from actions...

Strategic group, a cluster of firms with similar strategic behaviors, is a useful concept for explaining differences in firm performance in an industry. Mobility barriers are the obstacles preventing a strategic group member (firm) from migrating to other groups. The existence of mobility...

This paper examines the competitive consequences of interfirm mobility. Because the loss of key members (defined as top decision makers) to competing firms may amount to a replication of a firm's higher-order routines, we investigate the conditions under which interfirm mobility triggers...