First‐Mover Advantage and the Speed of Competitive Entry, 1887–1986
研究了美国46个重大产品创新中，从产品上市到竞争对手进入的时间间隔变化，发现该间隔从20世纪初的33年缩短到1967-86年的3.4年，主要原因是知识技能跨企业转移降低了先发者的成本优势。
This paper examines historical changes in the duration of the interval between the commercial introduction of a new product and the time when entry by later competitors begins. A priori reasons are examined why the duration of this interval in the U.S. economy may either expand or contract. Data for 46 major product innovations, however, show a systematic tendency for the interval identified above to contract over the last century. The average time span was almost 33 years at the turn of the century and has declined to 3.4 years for innovations in 1967-86. Empirical evidence suggests this change resulted largely from a lowering of absolute cost advantages of first movers through easier transfer of knowledge and skills across firms and was also facilitated by the growth of markets. Copyright 2001 by the University of Chicago.