CAN COMPANIES MAINTAIN THEIR INITIAL INNOVATIVE THRUST - A STUDY OF THE PC SOFTWARE INDUSTRY

• 成果类型: Article
• 署名作者: PRUSA, TJ; SCHMITZ, JA
• 署名单位: National Bureau of Economic Research; Federal Reserve System - USA; Federal Reserve Bank - Minneapolis
• 刊物名称: REVIEW OF ECONOMICS AND STATISTICS
• ISSN/ISSBN: 0034-6535
• DOI: 10.2307/2109977
• 发表日期: 1994-08
• 页码: 523-540
• 关键词: firm growth; COMPETITION; diffusion; PRODUCTS; entry

摘要

This paper identifies a number of patterns in the sales of products within firms and over time in the PC software industry. For example, we find that a firm's initial product tends to be its most successful. There is also some indication that a firm's initial product sells better than its second, its second better than its third, and so on. We sketch some simple models consistent with these results.