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

Over 70 empirical studies of entry and exit patterns covering eleven different countries
generally support the expectation that entry is more frequent in more profitable, rapidly …

Research on coopetition has been conducted for more than two decades. However, several
concepts remain that require elaboration. A study on the literature shows that there is a lack …

Abstract Research Summary This paper studies the impact of platform‐owner entry threat on
complementors in platform‐based markets. We examine how app developers on the …

This paper is a brief survey of recent empirical work on entry. It is organized as a series of
stylized facts and a series of stylized results which together summarize much of what is …

A critical factor in industrial competitiveness is the ability of firms to exploit new technological
developments. We term this ability a firm's absorptive capacity and argue that such a …

Competitive moves that are unchallenged or to which response is delayed are important
weapons in a strategist's arsenal, so variables that discourage or delay response are of …

In this paper, we analyze the variance of accounting profitability among a broad cross-
section of forms in the American economy from 1981 to 1994. The purpose of the analysis is …

Antitrust enforcement surely keeps prices low and output high, but is it good for innovation?
The question arises because the relationship between competition and innovation is the …

The complexity of a firm's strategy affects both the ease with which the firm can replicate the
strategy in a new setting and the ease with which rivals can imitate it. Simple strategies are …