Incumbent firm invention in emerging fields: Evidence from the semiconductor industry

Strategic Management Journal

Volumn 32, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 55-75

  Jiang, Lin ^a,b   Tan, Justin ^c   Thursby, Marie ^a  

^a GEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI   (United States)

^c YORK UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

emerging technology; incumbent firm; inventive output; nanotechnology; public science; technological change

Indexed keywords

EMERGING TECHNOLOGIES; INCUMBENT FIRM; INVENTIVE OUTPUT; PUBLIC SCIENCE; TECHNOLOGICAL CHANGE;

DESIGN; FIRE TUBE BOILERS; NANOTECHNOLOGY; PATENTS AND INVENTIONS; SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE MANUFACTURE;

INDUSTRY;

EID: 78649287032     PISSN: 01432095     EISSN: 10970266     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/smj.866     Document Type: Article

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