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This paper argues that the architecture of a codebase is a critical factor that lies at the heart of the open source development process. We define two observable properties of an architecture: (1) modularity and (2) option value. Developers can often make informed judgments about modularity and...
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accepted by Kamalini Ramdas, entrepreneurship and innovation.</i> …
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, entrepreneurship and innovation.</i> …
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yielding a valuable innovation. Finding the complementary piece requires ideas to circulate, which creates appropriation risks … provides new insights into the structure of innovation-driven clusters such as Silicon Valley. <i>This paper was accepted by …
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This paper identifies four groups among 113 Fortune 500 manufacturers that approach innovation quite differently. The …. Both product innovation and financial performance differ significantly over the groups, and a group of 42 firms that invest … heavily in innovation perform best financially. A smaller group of firms that are not innovative but which follow a strategy …
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Uncertain and dynamic environments present fundamental challenges to managers of the new product development process. Between successive product generations, significant evolutions can occur in both the customer needs a product must address and the technologies it employs to satisfy these needs....
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To what extent do firms engage in product line actions simultaneously with actions in other marketing variables? What are the determinants of product line actions? To what extent are product line actions proactive? To what degree are they reactive? How can a firm's product line action elasticity...
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innovation. Finally, the existence of a Nash equilibrium in cone-shaped strategies is established. …
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element, the authors' model may be able to explain a firm's incentives for an innovation rather than incentives for the …
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entrepreneurship and economic growth. This paper was accepted by Gérard P. Cachon, entrepreneurship and innovation. …
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