First-mover advantages in regimes of weak appropriability: The case of financial services innovations

Journal of Business Research

Volumn 55, Issue 12, 2002, Pages 997-1005

  López, Luis E ^a   Roberts, Edward B ^b  

^a The INCAE Business School   (Costa Rica)

^b MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Appropriability; Early mover advantage; Financial services; First mover advantage; Product innovation

Indexed keywords

EID: 0036887459     PISSN: 01482963     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0148-2963(01)00200-4     Document Type: Article

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