Missing the Starting Gun: De-Alio Entry Order in New Markets, Inertia and Real Option Capabilities Articles
Overview
published in
- European Management Review Journal
publication date
- July 2008
start page
- 115
end page
- 124
issue
- 2
volume
- 5
Digital Object Identifier (DOI)
International Standard Serial Number (ISSN)
- 1740-4754
Electronic International Standard Serial Number (EISSN)
- 1740-4762
abstract
- This article analyses entry order decisions of incumbent firms diversifying from other industries (de alio entrants) in new markets. We study this issue in the Security Software Industry, a high turbulent industry in which de alio firms were first technological movers but start-ups dominate the downstream product market. With a generalized Tobit estimation of observed entry order decisions, we find that pre-entry firm capabilities that should represent strategic options do not significantly explain firm entry order. The article argues that inertial decisions more than rational assessments drive de alio entry order in Security Software.