Essays on Innovation, Product Failures, and Technology Competition

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dc.contributor.advisorLi, Haiyangen_US
dc.creatorZhu, Yiyingen_US
dc.date.accessioned2023-08-09T16:45:55Zen_US
dc.date.created2023-05en_US
dc.date.issued2023-04-21en_US
dc.date.submittedMay 2023en_US
dc.date.updated2023-08-09T16:45:55Zen_US
dc.descriptionEMBARGO NOTE: This item is embargoed until 2025-05-01en_US
dc.description.abstractMy dissertation studies innovation, technology failures and competition within the context of the U.S. medical device industry. The importance of innovation in establishing a sustainable competitive advantage is widely recognized in the management literature. However, the innovation decision-making process is complex and often involves multiple external stakeholders, including regulators, customers, and peer firms. Furthermore, innovation is frequently accompanied by uncertainty and risk of failure. My dissertation seeks to contribute additional insights to the existing innovation literature by addressing the following questions: How does product innovation create unintended competitive challenges for early-stage ventures in safeguarding their intellectual property assets? How do founders’ backgrounds influence ventures’ varying responses to product failures? How do firms interpret and leverage industry peers’ product failures to inform their own product innovation strategy?en_US
dc.embargo.lift2025-05-01en_US
dc.embargo.terms2025-05-01en_US
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dc.identifier.citationZhu, Yiying. "Essays on Innovation, Product Failures, and Technology Competition." (2023) Diss., Rice University. <a href="https://hdl.handle.net/1911/115115">https://hdl.handle.net/1911/115115</a>.en_US
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/1911/115115en_US
dc.language.isoengen_US
dc.rightsCopyright is held by the author, unless otherwise indicated. Permission to reuse, publish, or reproduce the work beyond the bounds of fair use or other exemptions to copyright law must be obtained from the copyright holder.en_US
dc.subjectInnovationen_US
dc.subjectproduct innovationen_US
dc.subjectproduct failuresen_US
dc.subjecttechnology competitionen_US
dc.titleEssays on Innovation, Product Failures, and Technology Competitionen_US
dc.typeThesisen_US
dc.type.materialTexten_US
thesis.degree.departmentBusinessen_US
thesis.degree.disciplineBusinessen_US
thesis.degree.grantorRice Universityen_US
thesis.degree.levelDoctoralen_US
thesis.degree.nameDoctor of Philosophyen_US
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