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

    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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