The Underemphasized Role of Established Firms as the Sources of Major Innovations Export

@article{citeulike:5858949, abstract = {We argue that established firms, including industry incumbents and diversifying entrants, play vital and underemphasized roles as the sources of major innovations in many industries. The study presents empirical evidence showing that established firms are often sources of major innovations in the telecommunications and medical sectors. We conduct an exploratory investigation of how variation in the types of technical and market change influence whether industry incumbents, diversifying entrants or new companies are the sources of major innovations. 10.1093/icc/5.4.1181}, author = {David, Methe and Swaminathan, Anand and Mitchell, W. I. L. L.}, citeulike-article-id = {5858949}, citeulike-linkout-0 = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/icc/5.4.1181}, citeulike-linkout-1 = {http://icc.oxfordjournals.org/content/5/4/1181.abstract}, citeulike-linkout-2 = {http://icc.oxfordjournals.org/content/5/4/1181.full.pdf}, day = {1}, doi = {10.1093/icc/5.4.1181}, journal = {Ind Corp Change}, keywords = {established, firms, innovations, major, role, sources, underemphasized}, month = {January}, number = {4}, pages = {1181--1203}, posted-at = {2009-09-30 09:55:32}, priority = {3}, title = {The Underemphasized Role of Established Firms as the Sources of Major Innovations}, url = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/icc/5.4.1181}, volume = {5}, year = {1996} }

TY - JOUR ID - citeulike:5858949 L3 - citeulike-article-id:5858949 N2 - We argue that established firms, including industry incumbents and diversifying entrants, play vital and underemphasized roles as the sources of major innovations in many industries. The study presents empirical evidence showing that established firms are often sources of major innovations in the telecommunications and medical sectors. We conduct an exploratory investigation of how variation in the types of technical and market change influence whether industry incumbents, diversifying entrants or new companies are the sources of major innovations. 10.1093/icc/5.4.1181 IS - 4 JF - Ind Corp Change EP - 1203 TI - The Underemphasized Role of Established Firms as the Sources of Major Innovations VL - 5 SP - 1181 KW - established KW - firms KW - innovations KW - major KW - role KW - sources KW - underemphasized AU - David, Methe AU - Swaminathan, Anand AU - Mitchell, WILL PY - 1996/01/01/ UR - http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/icc/5.4.1181 ER -