UNSPECIFIED (1998) Strategic behaviour of incumbent firms in the UK. INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF INDUSTRIAL ORGANIZATION, 16 (2). pp. 229-251. ISSN 0167-7187

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Abstract

The main purpose of this paper is to examine the incidence of strategic behaviour in the UK by means of a questionnaire study performed across three broad manufacturing industries - food, electrical engineering and chemicals. Of the strategies which have received substantial theoretical attention, R&D and advertising appear widely used, patenting, pricing and excess capacity much less so. Vertical instruments such as purchasing policy also stand out as important. But possibly only a minority of firms in our sample actively pursue strategic instruments. (C) 1998 Elsevier Science B.V.

Item Type:	Journal Article
Subjects:	H Social Sciences > HC Economic History and Conditions
Journal or Publication Title:	INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF INDUSTRIAL ORGANIZATION
Publisher:	ELSEVIER SCIENCE BV
ISSN:	0167-7187
Date:	March 1998
Volume:	16
Number:	2
Number of Pages:	23
Page Range:	pp. 229-251
Publication Status:	Published
URI:	http://wrap.warwick.ac.uk/id/eprint/15833

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