Suppliers are concerned about the extent of customer concentration, which creates
supplier's operating efficiency (benefit) as well as major customer's bargaining power (cost) …

While services are an essential element in the global production, trade and consumption of
manufactured goods, limited research has been conducted on the role of services in studies …

Digitalisation in machinery-building is expected to enhance productivity and drive the digital
transformation of other industries. The extant literature sparsely describes pathways of …

In view of the complex dynamic environment from technological change and uncertain
government regulation, this study examines how business strategies improve technological …

This paper systematically reviews 70 peer-reviewed journal articles on catch-up processes.
The role of individuals, incumbents, and failure constitute an under-investigated topic …

With the tides of new entrants constantly driving the extension of an industrial technology
trajectory, how does the new entrants' divergent technological backgrounds impact their …

Previous studies on changes in industrial leadership, called “catch-up cycles,” focused on
the critical role of technological disruption in the efforts by latecomers to forge ahead …

Why and how do incumbent firms (IFs) induce crises for latecomer firms? How do latecomer
firms (LCFs) manage the crises, and how does crisis management affect LCFs' catch-up? To …

We examine how firms react to their competitors' highly publicized technology
breakthroughs measured by the renowned R&D 100 Award. These awards have been …

Existing research on protecting digital assets has primarily focused on reducing the threat of
imitation threat via formal strategies (such as patents, copyrights, and trademarks) and …