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Clustering as a pattern of expansion within and across industries

  • The paper analyzes firms' expansion paths within and across industries and specifically different patterns along these paths. Using a procedure previously applied in statistical process control and employing longitudinal data on the expansion of 91 German firms, we analyzed firms' clustering behavior regarding different characteristics. Results reveal that expansion is a heterogeneous process: the clustering behavior along the expansion path does not only differ between firms, but also within one firm regarding different characteristics of its expansion path.

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Author:Thomas Hutzschenreuter, Nicolaj Siggelkow, Fabian Günther
URN:urn:nbn:de:hbz:992-opus4-6541
Series (Serial Number):WHU-Forschungspapier (120)
Publisher:WHU - Otto Beisheim School of Management
Place of publication:Vallendar
Document Type:Working Paper
Language:English
Date of Publication (online):2018/06/10
Date of first Publication:2007/11/01
Release Date:2018/06/10
Tag:Cluster-Analyse; Deutschland; Unternehmenswachstum
Cluster analysis; Corporate growth; Germany
Page Number:26
Institutes:WHU Management Group / Lehrstuhl für Betriebswirtschaftslehre, insbesondere Unternehmensentwicklung und Electronic Media Management
Licence (German):Copyright for this publication