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Competitor Analysis and Interfirm Rivalry: Toward a Theoretical Integration
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This article bridges two important subjects in strategy: competitor analysis and interfirm rivalry. Through a refined conceptualization of competitor analysis, the article introduces two firm-specific, theory-based constructs: market commonality, developed from the literature on multiple-point competition, and resource similarity, derived from the resource-based theory of the firm. The joint consideration of these two constructs shows the complementarity of these two prominent but contrasting strategy theories. Each firm has a unique market profile and strategic resource endowment, and a pair-wise comparison with a given competitor along these two dimensions will help to illuminate the prebattle competitive tension between these two firms and to predict how a focal firm may interact with each of its competitors. The idea of competitive asymmetry is introduced, that is, the notion that a given pair of firms may not pose an equal degree of threat to each other. To illustrate competitor mapping, measures of ...
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- Authors
- Chen, M.-J.
- Venue
- The Academy of Management Review
- Publisher
- Academy of Management
- Published
- 1996-01
- Volume
- 21
- Issue
- 1
- Pages
- 100
- ISSN
- 0363-7425 (ISSN-L)
- OpenAlex
- W2109061771
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- 1,559
- References
- 7
- FWCI
- 58.76
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
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