Innovative leadership: First-mover advantages in new product adoption

Economic Theory

Volumn 21, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 97-116

  Jensen, Richard ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NOTRE DAME   (United States)

Author keywords

Adoption; First mover advantage; Innovation; Leadership

Indexed keywords

EID: 0037214129     PISSN: 09382259     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00199-002-0263-1     Document Type: Review

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