Speeding Products to Market: Waiting Time to First Product Introduction in New Firms Export

@article{citeulike:6014003, abstract = {We used the techniques of event-history analysis to examine the speed with which newly founded organizations ship their first products for revenues, an important entrepreneurial event. In a longitudinal study of new ventures in the U.S. semiconductor industry, we found that substantial technological innovation lengthens development times and reduces the speed with which first products reach the marketplace. Organizations that undertook lower levels of technological innovation, had relatively lower monthly expenditures, whose founding organization structures included both a manufacturing and a marketing position, that had more competitors in the marketplace, and were founded in the Silicon Valley region of the U.S. shipped their first product for revenues significantly faster than other new ventures. Since several theoretical perspectives were utilized, results indicate that it is worthwhile to synthesize from several perspectives in order to understand the timing of entrepreneurial events. Implications for theory and future research on new organizations are discussed.}, author = {Schoonhoven, Claudia B. and Eisenhardt, Kathleen M. and Lyman, Katherine}, citeulike-article-id = {6014003}, citeulike-linkout-0 = {http://dx.doi.org/10.2307/2393555}, citeulike-linkout-1 = {http://www.jstor.org/stable/2393555}, doi = {10.2307/2393555}, issn = {00018392}, journal = {Administrative Science Quarterly}, keywords = {firms, first, introduction, market, new, product, products, speeding, time, waiting}, number = {1}, pages = {177--207}, posted-at = {2009-10-27 03:37:17}, priority = {3}, publisher = {Johnson Graduate School of Management, Cornell University}, title = {Speeding Products to Market: Waiting Time to First Product Introduction in New Firms}, url = {http://dx.doi.org/10.2307/2393555}, volume = {35}, year = {1990} }

TY - JOUR ID - citeulike:6014003 L3 - citeulike-article-id:6014003 N2 - We used the techniques of event-history analysis to examine the speed with which newly founded organizations ship their first products for revenues, an important entrepreneurial event. In a longitudinal study of new ventures in the U.S. semiconductor industry, we found that substantial technological innovation lengthens development times and reduces the speed with which first products reach the marketplace. Organizations that undertook lower levels of technological innovation, had relatively lower monthly expenditures, whose founding organization structures included both a manufacturing and a marketing position, that had more competitors in the marketplace, and were founded in the Silicon Valley region of the U.S. shipped their first product for revenues significantly faster than other new ventures. Since several theoretical perspectives were utilized, results indicate that it is worthwhile to synthesize from several perspectives in order to understand the timing of entrepreneurial events. Implications for theory and future research on new organizations are discussed. IS - 1 JF - Administrative Science Quarterly SN - 00018392 EP - 207 TI - Speeding Products to Market: Waiting Time to First Product Introduction in New Firms PB - Johnson Graduate School of Management, Cornell University VL - 35 SP - 177 KW - firms KW - first KW - introduction KW - market KW - new KW - product KW - products KW - speeding KW - time KW - waiting AU - Schoonhoven, Claudia AU - Eisenhardt, Kathleen AU - Lyman, Katherine PY - 1990/// UR - http://dx.doi.org/10.2307/2393555 ER -