The influence of prior industry affiliation on framing in nascent industries: the evolution of digital cameras

被引：265
作者：
Benner, Mary J. [1 ]
Tripsas, Mary [2 ]
机构：
[1] Univ Minnesota, Dept Strateg Management & Org, Carlson Sch Management 3 422, Minneapolis, MN 55455 USA
[2] Harvard Univ, Sch Business, Boston, MA 02163 USA
来源：
STRATEGIC MANAGEMENT JOURNAL | 2012年 / 33卷 / 03期
关键词：
technological innovation; industry evolution; dominant designs; managerial beliefs; digital photography; AMERICAN AUTOMOBILE-INDUSTRY; RESOURCE-BASED VIEW; DOMINANT DESIGNS; TECHNOLOGICAL-CHANGE; SOCIAL CONSTRUCTION; IRON CAGE; ENTRY; SURVIVAL; CAPABILITIES; INNOVATION;
D O I：
10.1002/smj.950
中图分类号：
F [经济];
学科分类号：
02 ;
摘要：
New industries sparked by technological change are characterized by high uncertainty. In this paper, we explore how a firm's conceptualization of products in this context, as reflected by product feature choices, is influenced by prior industry affiliation. We study digital cameras introduced from 1991-2006 by firms from three prior industries. We hypothesize and find that: (1) prior industry experience shapes a set of shared beliefs that results in similar and concurrent firm behavior; (2) firms notice and imitate the behaviors of firms from the same prior industry; and, (3) as firms gain experience with particular features, the influence of prior industry decreases. This study extends previous research on firm entry into new domains by examining heterogeneity in firms' framing and feature-level entry choices. Copyright (C) 2011 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.
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