The role of firm resources and organizational attributes in determining entry timing: A cross-industry study

• 成果类型: Article
• 署名作者: Schoenecker, TS; Cooper, AC
• 署名单位: Southern Illinois University System; Southern Illinois University Edwardsville; Purdue University System; Purdue University
• 刊物名称: STRATEGIC MANAGEMENT JOURNAL
• ISSN/ISSBN: 0143-2095
• DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-0266(1998120)19:12<1127::AID-SMJ7>3.0.CO;2-4
• 发表日期: 1998
• 页码: 1127-1143
• 关键词: entry timing; FIRM RESOURCES; first mover advantages

摘要

We investigate the factors that influence the timing of entry of firms into new industries based on new technology. Consistent with previous research, it is hypothesized that firm resources and organizational attributes influence entry timing. Unlike previous research, there is specific consideration of how industry setting-specifically, the Extent to which it offers first mover advantages-influences the ability to predict timing of entry. The ability to explain entry timing differed across industries, with success occurring in the industry with strong first mover advantages. Two categories of resources, technological and,marketing, were found to be associated with early entry. The organizational attributes that influenced early entry were commitment to a threatened market and (surprisingly) greater size. (C) 1998 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.