Weder die theoretischen Betrachtungen noch die Ergebnisse einer Vielzahl empirischer Studien lassen eine eindeutige Aussage hinsichtlich der Vorteilhaftigkeit der Pionierrolle zu. Die Analyse der methodischen Entwicklungen und der ermittelten Pionierwirkungen zeigen, daß die Pionierrolle per se...

Purpose Due to a high failure rate of new products, there is an urgent need to probe the drivers of new product success, by probing internal and external factors. Thus, our study empirically examines the synergistic effects of market orientation and entrepreneurial orientation (external focus)...

Until recently, different types of innovation strategy have been introduced in innovation studies. However, their effects on firms' market performance have been under-explored. To overcome this limitation, we empirically examined the effect of different innovation strategies on firms' market...