Securities analysts and incumbent response to radical technological change: Evidence from digital photography and internet telephony

Organization Science

Volumn 21, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 42-62

  Benner, Mary J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Analysts; Incumbents; Innovation; Institutional theory; Photography industry; Technological change; Telecommunications industry

Indexed keywords

EID: 77953722673     PISSN: 10477039     EISSN: 15265455     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1287/orsc.1080.0395     Document Type: Article

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