Sudharshan, Devanathan Furrer, Olivier Arakoni, Ramesh A. 2013-11-25 Performance is the lifeblood of a firm's management. Performance itself depends on the adaptation of strategy, based on learning and the environment. An important way that firms adapt their strategy is through imitation or mimetic isomorphism. Imitation implies a referent for such adaptations. This article seeks to determine who or what should serve as that referent. Accordingly, this research (1) develops a broad and rich model of industry dynamics, bringing together literature from industrial economics, strategic groups, learning, and resource-based theories; (2) examines the robustness of imitations strategies; and (3) develops a framework of the managerial implications of imitative behavior in varying industry conditions. application/pdf https://folia.unifr.ch/global/documents/303438 https://folia.unifr.ch/documents/303438/files/WP_SES_446.pdf eng info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess License undefined Imitation Strategy Dynamics Resources Strategic Change Performance info:eu-repo/classification/udc/33 Robust Imitation Strategies http://purl.org/coar/resource_type/c_18ws