Innovating firms' strategic signaling along the innovation life cycle: The standards war context

Journal of Engineering and Technology Management - JET-M

Volumn 30, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 288-308

  Dao, Viet ^a   Zmud, Robert ^b  

^a SHIPPENSBURG UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA   (United States)

Author keywords

Dominant design; Innovation life cycle; Innovation market success; Strategic signaling; Uncertainty

Indexed keywords

DOMINANT DESIGN; MARKET PARTICIPANTS; MARKET SUCCESS; TECHNOLOGICAL INNOVATION; UNCERTAINTY;

COMMERCE; INDUSTRY; LIFE CYCLE; STANDARDS;

COMPETITION;

EID: 84878666735     PISSN: 09234748     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jengtecman.2013.05.003     Document Type: Article

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