Product strategies and survival in schumpeterian environments: Evidence from the US security software industry

Organization Studies

Volumn 28, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 909-929

  Giarratana, Marco S ^a,b   Fosfuri, Andrea ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSIDAD CARLOS III DE MADRID   (Spain)

^b DEPARTMENT OF BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION   (Spain)

Author keywords

Portfolio broadening; Software; Survival; Versioning; Young ventures

Indexed keywords

EID: 34249006577     PISSN: 01708406     EISSN: 17413044     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0170840607075267     Document Type: Article

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