This dissertation examines why firms differ in their likelihood and timing of new process technology adoption. In contrast to existing research which explains responsiveness to technological change in terms of firm characteristics such as age, size, or investment in research and development,...

This dissertation tests the effects of multimarket competition on the rivalry experienced by firms in their market positions, and on their financial performance. Sixteen hypotheses were tested in a sample of competitors in 3,171 city-pair markets during 1984-1988. A simultaneous equation model...

Considers the entrepreneurial process as experimentation and learning dominated by random events. The experimentation that occurs with venturing can be characterized as a learning process, which allows entrepreneurs to derive higher output from factor inputs as the entrepreneur develops over...