Are switching costs always effective in creating first-mover advantage? the moderating role of demand and technological regimes

Long Range Planning

Volumn 46, Issue 4-5, 2013, Pages 348-368

  Capone, Gianluca ^a   Malerba, Franco ^b   Orsenigo, Luigi ^c  

^a UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b BOCCONI UNIVERSITY   (Italy)

^c University Institute   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EFFECTIVE MECHANISMS; FIRST MOVERS; INDUSTRY EVOLUTION; KEY DETERMINANTS; ON DEMANDS; SIMULATION MODEL; SWITCHING COSTS; TECHNOLOGICAL REGIME;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; COSTS;

SWITCHING;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; COST; INDUSTRIAL STRUCTURE; INDUSTRIAL TECHNOLOGY;

EID: 84883460491     PISSN: 00246301     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.lrp.2013.06.001     Document Type: Article

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