Can Companies Maintain their Initial Innovative Thrust? A Study of the PC Software Industry

Can Companies Maintain their Initial Innovative Thrust? A Study of the PC Software Industry

This paper identifies a number of patterns in the sales of products within firms and over time in the PC software industry. For example, we find that a firm's initial product tends to be its most successful. There is also some indication that a firm's initial product sells better than its...

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Veröffentlicht in:The review of economics and statistics 1994-08, Vol.76 (3), p.523-540
Hauptverfasser: Prusa, Thomas J., Schmitz, James A.
Format: Artikel
Sprache:eng
Schlagworte:
Business orders
Computer software
Datasets
Economic statistics
Industrial economics
Industrial products
Long term
Operating systems
Personal computers
Product introduction
Product lines
Sales
Sales forecasting
Sales operations
Software industry
Statistical analysis
Studies
Technological innovation
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Zusammenfassung:This paper identifies a number of patterns in the sales of products within firms and over time in the PC software industry. For example, we find that a firm's initial product tends to be its most successful. There is also some indication that a firm's initial product sells better than its second, its second better than its third, and so on. We sketch some simple models consistent with these results.
ISSN:0034-6535
1530-9142
DOI:10.2307/2109977