I Like The Way You Move: An Empirical Investigation into the Mechanisms Behind First Mover and Follower Strategies
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- Wolfgang Sofka & Tobias Schmidt, 2005. "I Like the Way you Move - An Empirical Investigation into the Mechanisms Behind First Mover and Follower Strategies," Industrial Organization 0506010, University Library of Munich, Germany.
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innovation strategy; first mover; bivariate probit;All these keywords.
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- O32 - Economic Development, Innovation, Technological Change, and Growth - - Innovation; Research and Development; Technological Change; Intellectual Property Rights - - - Management of Technological Innovation and R&D
- L10 - Industrial Organization - - Market Structure, Firm Strategy, and Market Performance - - - General
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