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Successful bear‐fighting strategies

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  • Hein Schreuder
  • Patrick Van Cayseele
  • Patrick Jaspers
  • Bert De Graaff

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This paper explores the factors involved in determining the differential performance of firms in bear markets. Bear markets are identified at the industry level by employing the criterion of a 20 percent drop of the industrial value added index over a period of at least 3 years. Twenty‐one matched pairs of Dutch firms which have experienced such bear markets (one successful, the other unsuccessful), are analyzed. The dominant finding is that successful firms follow market‐oriented strategies, whereas their unsuccessful counterparts are distinguished by their focus on costs. Success, however, is a multifaceted phenomenon. Differences in initial conditions, in other types of strategic measures, in energy levels and in timing are also involved. The findings are related to the literatures on decline, failure, turnaround and transformation.

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  • Hein Schreuder & Patrick Van Cayseele & Patrick Jaspers & Bert De Graaff, 1991. "Successful bear‐fighting strategies," Strategic Management Journal, Wiley Blackwell, vol. 12(7), pages 523-533, October.
    • Handle: RePEc:bla:stratm:v:12:y:1991:i:7:p:523-533
    DOI: 10.1002/smj.4250120705
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