Entry Timing: Enduring Lessons and Future Directions

Journal of Management

Volumn 41, Issue 5, 2015, Pages 1388-1415

  Zachary, Miles A ^a   Gianiodis, Peter T ^b   Payne, G Tyge ^c   Markman, Gideon D ^d  

^a WEST VIRGINIA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b CLEMSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c TEXAS TECH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d Department of Environmental and Radiological Health Sciences   (United States)

Author keywords

entry timing; first mover advantage; pioneer; time to entry

Indexed keywords

EID: 84930364547     PISSN: 01492063     EISSN: 15571211     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0149206314563982     Document Type: Review

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