2017
DOI: 10.1002/sej.1259
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Athena's Birth: Triggers, Actors, and Actions Preceding Industry Inception

Abstract: Research summary Industry evolution scholars define industry inception as the first instance of product commercialization, focusing on subsequent time periods of growth and maturity. Left understudied are the triggers, actors, and actions preceding industry inception. We integrate recent research in a preliminary framework, conceptualizing the incubation stage as activated by a “trigger” event—a scientific discovery, unmet user need, or mission‐oriented grand challenges—and continuing through the first instanc… Show more

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“…There are volumes of work on the origin of entrepreneurial opportunity, in general, and the discovery versus creation dichotomy, in particular (e.g., Agarwal, Moeen, & Shah, ; Aldrich & Ruef, ; Baker & Nelson, ; Bhide, ; Brown & Eisenhardt, ; Haynie, Shepherd, & McMullen, ; Sarasvathy, ; Shane, ; Zott, Amit, & Massa, ). On the theory front, the studies often draw on the seminal works of luminaries such as Kirzner (, ) and Schumpeter (/1934).…”
Section: Selected Themesmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…There are volumes of work on the origin of entrepreneurial opportunity, in general, and the discovery versus creation dichotomy, in particular (e.g., Agarwal, Moeen, & Shah, ; Aldrich & Ruef, ; Baker & Nelson, ; Bhide, ; Brown & Eisenhardt, ; Haynie, Shepherd, & McMullen, ; Sarasvathy, ; Shane, ; Zott, Amit, & Massa, ). On the theory front, the studies often draw on the seminal works of luminaries such as Kirzner (, ) and Schumpeter (/1934).…”
Section: Selected Themesmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…Extant literature on dominant design (see, e.g., Klepper, ) has, however, similar to the broader innovation literature, largely concentrated on the post‐commercialization phase of a new industry . Recent research supplements Klepper's (, ) observations and suggests that the pre‐commercialization phase involves “actors” experimenting to solve “technological problems to transform an innovative idea into a viable commercial product” (Agarwal et al, , p. 288) . The insights from Moeen and Agarwal () and Agarwal et al (), when combined with the wisdom received from Rosenberg's () and Klepper's () seminal research, raises the intriguing possibility that knowledge generated through such experimentations in the pre‐commercialization phase may shape the dominant design in the post‐commercialization phase—thereby motivating our research question.…”
Section: Introductionmentioning
confidence: 97%
“…Recently, Moeen (), Agarwal, Moeen, and Shah (), and Moeen and Agarwal () have focused much needed attention on the critical pre‐commercialization phase of a new technology's evolution. This phase covers the period from the time a firm begins “developing the first concept” to the time the firm develops a “working model [that] can be sold to a customer” (Golder, Shacham, & Mitra, , p. 167) and extends almost three decades in some industries (Agarwal & Bayus, ).…”
Section: Introductionmentioning
confidence: 99%
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