This article surveys the theoretical and empirical literature on mechanisms that confer
advantages and disadvantages on first‐mover firms. Major conceptual issues are …

Learning curves (LCs) are deemed effective tools for monitoring the performance of workers
exposed to a new task. LCs provide a mathematical representation of the learning process …

We trace the evolution of research on organizational learning. As organizations acquire
experience, their performance typically improves at a decreasing rate. Although this learning …

The negative impact of the automotive industry on climate change can be tackled by
changing from fossil driven vehicles towards battery electric vehicles with no tailpipe …

Energy-efficient technologies offer considerable promise for reducing the financial costs and
environmental damages associated with energy use, but it has long been observed that …

Purpose–The purpose of this paper is to investigate the relationship between the strategic
positioning of firms and the sustainability of firm performance. The paper argues that …

Creating a Learning Society: A New Approach to Growth, Development, and Social Progress,
Reader's Edition Page 1 Creating a Learning Society KENNETH J. ARROW LECTURE SERIES …

Cohen and Levinthal (1989) introduced the notion of absorptive capacity and demonstrated
that knowledge spillovers can induce complementarities in R&D efforts. We show that this …

The success of an innovating firm often depends on the efforts of other innovators in its
environment. How do the challenges faced by external innovators affect the focal firm's …

Recently it has become clear that many technologies follow a generalized version of
Moore's law, ie costs tend to drop exponentially, at different rates that depend on the …