Product demography of de novo and de alio firms in the optical disk drive industry, 1983-1999

Organization Science

Volumn 19, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 25-38

  Khessina, Olga M ^a   Carroll, Glenn R ^b  

^a The Samuel Curtis Johnson Graduate School of Management   (United States)

^b STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

De novo and de alio organizations; Optical disk drive industry; Organizational ecology; Organizational entry mode; Product demography; Product exit; Product turnover

Indexed keywords

EID: 61349115004     PISSN: 10477039     EISSN: 15265455     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1287/orsc.1070.0301     Document Type: Article

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