The Role of Environmental Dynamics in Building a First Mover Advantage Theory
Year: 2007
Type: article
Abstract: We advance first mover advantage (FMA) theory by examining how the pace of market evolution and technology evolution potentially enables or disables FMA. Integrating several streams of literature, we elaborate on the interplay among these two environmental (macro) conditions and the “isolating mechanisms” that underpin FMA. We model these dynamics to help researchers negotiate the current debate, arising from conflicting empirical evidence, on the conditions necessary for FMA to exist.
Source: Academy of Management Review
Authors: Fernando F. Suarez, Gianvito Lanzolla
Institutions: Boston University, City, University of London
Language: English
Subfield: Strategy and Management
Domain: Social Sciences
Open Access status: green
OpenAlex ID: W2114469794