Title

The conditioning effect of time on firm survival: An industry life cycle approach

Authors

Authors

R. Agarwal; M. Sarkar;R. Echamebadi

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Abbreviated Journal Title

Acad. Manage. J.

Keywords

ORGANIZATIONAL POPULATIONS; DOMINANT DESIGNS; TECHNOLOGICAL; DISCONTINUITIES; PRODUCT INNOVATION; AGE-DEPENDENCE; ENTRY; COMPETITION; EVOLUTION; FAILURE; MARKET; Business; Management

Abstract

Man effort to reconcile theoretical "blind spots," we integrated research in technology management, organizational ecology, and evolutionary economics. The central premise underlying the resultant model is that time conditions the effects of age, contemporaneous size, order of entry, and contemporaneous density on mortality rates. We tested our hypotheses using a life cycle approach and data on 33 product innovations that span most of the 20th century. Results resoundingly support our central thesis on the impact of time on both survival rates and relationships previously thought to be universalistic.

Journal Title

Academy of Management Journal

Volume

45

Issue/Number

5

Publication Date

1-1-2002

Document Type

Article

Language

English

First Page

971

Last Page

994

WOS Identifier

WOS:000178849900009

ISSN

0001-4273

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