The linkage between strategy, strategic groups, and performance in the U.K. retail grocery industry

• Main Authors: Lewis, P, Thomas, Howard
• Format: text
• Language: English
• Published: Institutional Knowledge at Singapore Management University 1990
• Subjects: Strategic Management Policy
• Online Access: https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/lkcsb_research/3974
• Institution: Singapore Management University

This paper focuses upon the performance consequences of strategic group membership in a specific context, namely, the U.K. retail grocery industry. Alternative grouping procedures indicate that performance differences exist across groups-in line with theoretical expectations-for some of the multiple...