TY  - CHAP
AB  - Case studies of four important automobile firms are used to understand how the performance of both diversifying and new entrants into the automobile industry was conditioned by their pre-entry experience. Various conjectures based on the four firms are then tested using a unique data source on the pre-entry backgrounds of all entrants into the automobile industry from the commercial inception of the industry in 1895 through 1966. In addition to analyzing the types of pre-entry experiences that affected the longevity of entrants, the analysis also focuses on the conduits by which pre-entry experience influenced the performance of entrants and the extent to which pre-entry experience had enduring effects.
VL  - 21
SN  - 978-0-76231-135-4, 978-1-84950-291-7/0742-3322
DO  - 10.1016/S0742-3322(04)21010-5
UR  - https://doi.org/10.1016/S0742-3322(04)21010-5
AU  - Klepper Steven
ED  - Joel A.C. Baum
ED  - Anita M. McGahan
PY  - 2004
Y1  - 2004/01/01
TI  - PRE-ENTRY EXPERIENCE AND FIRM PERFORMANCE IN THE EVOLUTION OF THE U.S. AUTOMOBILE INDUSTRY
T2  - Business Strategy over the Industry Lifecycle
T3  - Advances in Strategic Management
PB  - Emerald Group Publishing Limited
SP  - 289
EP  - 315
Y2  - 2024/04/23
ER  -