And the winner is - Acquired. Entrepreneurship as a contest yielding radical innovations

Research Policy

Volumn 44, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 295-310

  Henkel, Joachim ^a,b   Rønde, Thomas ^c,d   Wagner, Marcus ^d,e  

^a TUM SCHOOL OF MANAGEMENT   (Germany)

^b CEPR   (United Kingdom)

^c Department of Innovation and Organizational Economics   (Denmark)

^d UNIVERSITY OF AUGSBURG   (Germany)

^e UNIVERSITÉ LOUIS PASTEUR   (France)

Author keywords

Acquisition; Entrant; Game theory; Incumbent; Markets for technology; Radical innovation

Indexed keywords

COMMERCE; COMPUTER AIDED DESIGN; GAME THEORY;

ACQUISITION; ENTRANT; INCUMBENT; MARKETS FOR TECHNOLOGY; RADICAL INNOVATION;

ELECTRONICS INDUSTRY;

EID: 84920720839     PISSN: 00487333     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.respol.2014.09.004     Document Type: Article

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