The strategic behaviour and growth of the new small firm is analysed using field work evidence. An assesment of extended rivalry, embracing suppliers, substitutes and customers, is undertaken to 'flesh-out' the appraisal of competitive advantage. Firms are grouped by low, medium and high...

A consistent theme in cross-cultural management research is that collectivists are more cooperative than individualists. We use Hofstede's measure for individualism–collectivism and combine it with an experimental measure of cooperation to test this relationship in China. In contrast to the...

This paper explores market share instability as a measure of market mobility. Using a newly constructed panel data set, we examine the determinants of the market share instability of leading firms in Japanese manufacturing industries. The findings suggest that there is a significant relationship...