This article blends the resource-based view of the firm with the industrial organization view of intraindustry heterogeneity to offer a theoretically grounded model of strategic group formation. The model provides an explanation for the inconsistent fkdings of empirical research on strategic groups and helps to situate future studies in this area.
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