Do stable strategic time periods exist? Towards new methodological and theoretical insights

Juan Manuel de la Fuente-Sabaté, Julio Rodríguez-Puerta, José David Vicente-Lorente and José Angel Zúñiga-Vicente
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Juan Manuel de la Fuente-Sabaté: Facultad de Ciencias Económicas y Empresariales, Departamento de Economía y Administración de Empresas, Universidad de Burgos, Plaza Infanta Elena, s|n, 09001 Burgos, Spain, Postal: Facultad de Ciencias Económicas y Empresariales, Departamento de Economía y Administración de Empresas, Universidad de Burgos, Plaza Infanta Elena, s|n, 09001 Burgos, Spain
Julio Rodríguez-Puerta: Departamento de Análisis Económico: Economía Cuantitativa, Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, Edificio de Ciencias Jurídicas, Políticas y Económicas, Módulo III|Despacho 309, Spain, Postal: Departamento de Análisis Económico: Economía Cuantitativa, Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, Edificio de Ciencias Jurídicas, Políticas y Económicas, Módulo III|Despacho 309, Spain
José David Vicente-Lorente: Facultad de Economía y Empresa, Departamento de Administración y Economía de la Empresa, Universidad de Salamanca, Campus Miguel de Unamuno, 37007 Salamanca, Spain, Postal: Facultad de Economía y Empresa, Departamento de Administración y Economía de la Empresa, Universidad de Salamanca, Campus Miguel de Unamuno, 37007 Salamanca, Spain
José Angel Zúñiga-Vicente: Facultad de Ciencias Jurídicas y Sociales, Departamento de Economía de la Empresa (Adm., Dir., y Org.), Universidad Rey Juan Carlos, P°. de Artilleros, s|n, Campus de Vicálvaro, 28032 Madrid, Spain, Postal: Facultad de Ciencias Jurídicas y Sociales, Departamento de Economía de la Empresa (Adm., Dir., y Org.), Universidad Rey Juan Carlos, P°. de Artilleros, s|n, Campus de Vicálvaro, 28032 Madrid, Spain

Managerial and Decision Economics, 2007, vol. 28, issue 3, 171-180

Abstract: This paper investigates a fundamental issue in the current research on strategic groups: the existence or non-existence of the so-called 'stable strategic time periods' (SSTPs). Our study provides new evidence by adding new methodological and theoretical insights. The research setting is the Spanish banking industry over a 15-year period, 1983-1997. Unlike all prior longitudinal research that found SSTPs, the multi-method procedure that we used in this study (i.e. equality of variance and covariance matrix and mean vector of strategic variables and a subsequent grouping analysis performed through the MCLUST) has led us to reject the existence of SSTPs in the industry under study. Based on these original findings, we conclude by suggesting a proposition which should be corroborated in future empirical studies on strategic groups. Copyright © 2007 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.

Date: 2007
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DOI: 10.1002/mde.1319

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