Strategic typologies in the European telecommunications sector: a rejoinder to Turner

Emerald - 2006
PeterCurwen1
1Strathclyde Business School, University of Strathclyde, Glasgow, UK

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PurposeTo demonstrate that the strategic typology advanced by Turner in this journal for the European telecommunications sector is in need of further clarification.Design/methodology/approachThe Turner sample is subjected to a number of tests specifically in the European mobile telecommunications sector.FindingsThe Turner typology is found to be imprecise in certain respects.Originality/valueThe paper addresses the issue of how to build appropriate typologies.

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Rugman, A. (2005), The Regional Multinationals, Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, MA.

Turner, C. (2005), “The international strategies of Europe's incumbent telecommunications operators: towards a strategic typology”, European Business Review, Vol. 17 No. 4, pp. 340‐51.