Perfect timing? Dominant category, dominant design, and the window of opportunity for firm entry

Strategic Management Journal

Volumn 36, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 437-448

  Suarez, Fernando F ^a   Grodal, Stine ^a   Gotsopoulos, Aleksios ^b  

^a BOSTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Sungkyunkwan University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Categories; Dominant design; Entry timing advantages; First mover advantage; Industry life cycle

Indexed keywords

LIFE CYCLE; TIMING CIRCUITS;

CATEGORIES; DOMINANT DESIGN; ENTRY TIMING; FIRST MOVER ADVANTAGES; INDUSTRY LIFE CYCLES;

PRODUCT DESIGN;

EID: 84921778587     PISSN: 01432095     EISSN: 10970266     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/smj.2225     Document Type: Article

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