TY - JOUR
T1 - Performance differentials between diversifying entrants and entrepreneurial start-ups
T2 - A complexity approach
AU - Ganco, Martin
AU - Agarwal, Rajshree
PY - 2009/4
Y1 - 2009/4
N2 - We investigate the relationship between firms' entry characteristics and their subsequent performance as contingent on environmental turbulence and stage of industry life cycle by simulating industry as an NKC landscape. Diversifying entrants differ from entrepreneurial start-ups in terms of the complexity of their routines. We posit that diversifying entrants outperform entrepreneurial start-ups when turbulence is high. Further, learning - possible in later industry stages - disproportionately favors entrepreneurial start-ups.
AB - We investigate the relationship between firms' entry characteristics and their subsequent performance as contingent on environmental turbulence and stage of industry life cycle by simulating industry as an NKC landscape. Diversifying entrants differ from entrepreneurial start-ups in terms of the complexity of their routines. We posit that diversifying entrants outperform entrepreneurial start-ups when turbulence is high. Further, learning - possible in later industry stages - disproportionately favors entrepreneurial start-ups.
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U2 - 10.5465/AMR.2009.36982618
DO - 10.5465/AMR.2009.36982618
M3 - Review article
AN - SCOPUS:65249185797
SN - 0363-7425
VL - 34
SP - 228
EP - 252
JO - Academy of Management Review
JF - Academy of Management Review
IS - 2
ER -