TY - BOOK AU - Fruin,W.Mark AU - Rodan,Simon A. TI - Beyond firms: Multi-firm models for global scale and scope PY - 2019///. N1 - 91 N2 - Research in business history and strategy has focused on firms and industries. While this is clearly useful, research on firm groupings, a distinct unit of analysis larger than single firms but smaller than entire industries, is also needed. Some publications exist, but competing groups of firms are not considered in a holistic and systematic fashion, especially when they may be pivotal to global success. To achieve high performance in global competition, however, multi-firm models of organization and management are now much more the rule than the exception UR - https://shs.cairn.info/journal-entreprises-et-histoire-2019-1-page-145?lang=en&redirect-ssocas=7080 ER -