Decoupling market incumbency from organizational prehistory: Locating the real sources of competitive advantage in R&D for radical innovation

Strategic Management Journal

Volumn 34, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 245-255

  Lourdes Sosa, M ^a  

^a LONDON BUSINESS SCHOOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

de alio; de novo; entrants; incumbents; prehistory

Indexed keywords

DE ALIO; DE NOVO; ENTRANTS; INCUMBENTS; PREHISTORY;

COMPETITION; INDUSTRY;

COMMERCE;

EID: 84871716727     PISSN: 01432095     EISSN: 10970266     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/smj.2012     Document Type: Review

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