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When startup innovation involves a potentially disruptive technology - initially lagging in the predominant performance … commercialization with the startup. While the prevailing theory of disruptive innovation suggests that this will lead to (exclusively …
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We study why acquisitions of entrant firms by an incumbent can deter innovation and entry in the digital platform …
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This paper is an attempt to explain diffusion in the production of an innovation. Diffusion in production is defined as … innovation. The principal variable that explains diffusion of entry is the demonstration effect. The principal variable that …
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policy, due to their potential to foreclose competition and affect innovation incentives. We exploit major new product …
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manufacturing - to study the effects of new IT on product innovation, production process improvements, employee skills and work …
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The Consumer Price Index (CPI) attempts to answer the question of how much more (or less) income does a consumer require to be as well off in period 1 as in period 0 given changes in prices, changes in the quality of goods, and the introduction of new goods (or the disappearance of existing...
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Using data from a prominent online platform for launching new digital products, we document that the composition of the platform's ‘beta testers’ on the day a new product is launched has a systematic and persistent impact on the venture's success. Specifically, we use word embedding methods...
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Why do firms outsource research and development (R&D) for some products while conducting R&D in-house for similar ones? An innovating firm risks cannibalizing its existing products. The more profitable these products, the more the firm wants to limit cannibalization. We apply this logic to the...
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detailed information on innovation activities and other company characteristics. We analyse the role of venture finance in … influencing innovation strategies. We find that venture capitalists push portfolio companies towards building absorptive capacity … shaping companies' innovation strategies …
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Existing theories and empirical research on how innovation occurs largely assume that innovativeness is an inherent … differently than those who do self-select into innovating. To test these questions, we designed and implemented an innovation …
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