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Strategic management

the proposition that firms perform best at an intermediate level of strategic similarity to rivals, trading competitive gains from difference against legitimacy from conformity.

In strategic management, strategic balance theory refers to the proposition that firms perform best at an intermediate level of strategic similarity to rivals, trading competitive gains from difference against legitimacy from conformity. This meaning comes from Deephouse (1999) in Strategic Management Journal.[1]

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  1. Deephouse, D. L. (1999). To be different, or to be the same? It’s a question (and theory) of strategic balance. Strategic Management Journal, 20(2), 147-166. https://doi.org/10.1002/(sici)1097-0266(199902)20:2<147::aid-smj11>3.0.co;2-q

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