Statistical Models for Strategic Management

✍ Scribed by Karel Cool, James Henderson (auth.), Michel Ghertman, Jacques Obadia, Jean-Luc Arregle (eds.)

• Publisher: Springer US
• Year: 1997
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 370
• Edition: 1
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

Statistical Models for Strategic Management offers practical guidance in the use of statistical models for empirical research in strategic management. The contributions in this edited volume come from distinguished researchers in the field of Strategic Management, and provide illustration of most statistical models that are relevant for strategy research. The book is divided into four major topical areas: Strategic Analysis and Firm Strategies; The Resource-Based View of the Firm; Transaction Costs, Agency Theory, and the Boundaries of the Firm; and Corporate Alliances, Acquisitions and Networks.

✦ Table of Contents

Front Matter....Pages i-ix
Factor and Regression Analysis, Power and Profits in Supply Chains....Pages 1-27
Generic Strategy Research: Application of LISREL and Smallest Space Analysis....Pages 29-53
Identifying and Comparing Strategic Groups Using Alternative Methods: Method Validation and Group Convergence in a Single Mature Industry....Pages 55-80
A Descriptive Alternative to Cluster Analysis: Understanding Strategic Group Performance with Simulated Annealing....Pages 81-110
Using Partial Least Squares and LISREL to Research International Strategies....Pages 111-131
Issues of Validity and Logistic Regression: Statistical Models for Predicting Multipoint Competition in the U.S. Airline Industry....Pages 133-157
Dynamic Modeling of Business Strategies....Pages 159-183
Regression Analysis Resource-Based and Diversification....Pages 185-199
Empirical Methods in Strategy Research: Regression Analysis and the Use of Cross-Section Versus Pooled Time-Series, Cross-Section Data....Pages 201-219
Discrete Choice, Censored Regression, and the Costs of Organization....Pages 221-237
Binomial Logistic Models, Transaction Costs, and Joint Ventures: A Methodological Note....Pages 239-260
Logistic Regression, Segmentation Modeling and Governance Choice in the Waste Management Industry....Pages 261-277
Regression Analysis and Governance....Pages 279-308
The Effect of Strategic Technology Alliances on Company Performance: A LISREL Approach....Pages 309-329
Event Count Analysis and Strategic Management....Pages 331-343
Network Analysis and Corporate Alliances....Pages 345-363
Back Matter....Pages 365-376

✦ Subjects

Management/Business for Professionals; Business/Management Science, general; Industrial Organization; Organization/Planning