INSTITUTIONAL ENTREPRENEURSHIP IN THE SPONSORSHIP OF COMMON TECHNOLOGICAL STANDARDS: THE CASE OF SUN MICROSYSTEMS AND JAVA.

2002/02/01 by R. Garud, Raghu Garud, Sanjay Jain +3 · 1,110 citations
Business, Management and Accounting · Computer Science · #Business #Business Strategy and Innovation #Computer science #Economics #Entrepreneurship #Innovation and Knowledge Management #Java #Management #Marketing #Open Source Software Innovations #Political science #Public relations

paper · doi:10.2307/3069292

published in Academy of Management Journal 45(1), 196-214 (Academy of Management)

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Abstract

The institutional entrepreneurship implicit in a firm's sponsorship of its technology as a common standard is beset by several challenges. These challenges arise from a standard's property to enabl...

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