Strategic Groups and Performance: The U.S. Insurance Industry 1970-84

The concept of strategic groups has been accepted as an important unit of analysis in understanding competitive strategy (Porter, 1980; McGee and Thomas, 1986; Hatten and Hatten, 1987). This study builds upon previous research (Hatten et al., 1978; McGee and Thomas, 1986; Harrigan, 1985; Cool, 1985;...

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Main Authors: THOMAS, Howard, Fiegenbaum, A.
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spelling sg-smu-ink.lkcsb_research-28552010-09-23T06:24:04Z Strategic Groups and Performance: The U.S. Insurance Industry 1970-84 THOMAS, Howard Fiegenbaum, A. The concept of strategic groups has been accepted as an important unit of analysis in understanding competitive strategy (Porter, 1980; McGee and Thomas, 1986; Hatten and Hatten, 1987). This study builds upon previous research (Hatten et al., 1978; McGee and Thomas, 1986; Harrigan, 1985; Cool, 1985; Cool and Schendel, 1987, 1988) and provides a general framework for the formation of strategic groups based upon important aspects of firm strategy. This framework is applied to the insurance industry over the 1970-84 time period and strategic implications are drawn. The empirical findings demonstrate that some performance differences exist among strategic groups, and also indicate that the structure of strategic groups (both in terms of the number, and the membership) changes over time. The use of this framework for understanding competitive positioning and developing dynamic theories of strategic group movement is also discussed. 1990-04-01T08:00:00Z text https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/lkcsb_research/1856 info:doi/10.1002/smj.4250110303 https://doi.org/10.1002/smj.4250110303 Research Collection Lee Kong Chian School Of Business eng Institutional Knowledge at Singapore Management University Business
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THOMAS, Howard
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Strategic Groups and Performance: The U.S. Insurance Industry 1970-84
description The concept of strategic groups has been accepted as an important unit of analysis in understanding competitive strategy (Porter, 1980; McGee and Thomas, 1986; Hatten and Hatten, 1987). This study builds upon previous research (Hatten et al., 1978; McGee and Thomas, 1986; Harrigan, 1985; Cool, 1985; Cool and Schendel, 1987, 1988) and provides a general framework for the formation of strategic groups based upon important aspects of firm strategy. This framework is applied to the insurance industry over the 1970-84 time period and strategic implications are drawn. The empirical findings demonstrate that some performance differences exist among strategic groups, and also indicate that the structure of strategic groups (both in terms of the number, and the membership) changes over time. The use of this framework for understanding competitive positioning and developing dynamic theories of strategic group movement is also discussed.
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author THOMAS, Howard
Fiegenbaum, A.
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title Strategic Groups and Performance: The U.S. Insurance Industry 1970-84
title_short Strategic Groups and Performance: The U.S. Insurance Industry 1970-84
title_full Strategic Groups and Performance: The U.S. Insurance Industry 1970-84
title_fullStr Strategic Groups and Performance: The U.S. Insurance Industry 1970-84
title_full_unstemmed Strategic Groups and Performance: The U.S. Insurance Industry 1970-84
title_sort strategic groups and performance: the u.s. insurance industry 1970-84
publisher Institutional Knowledge at Singapore Management University
publishDate 1990
url https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/lkcsb_research/1856
https://doi.org/10.1002/smj.4250110303
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