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ntrepreneurial Strategy:
enerating and Exploiting
ew Entries
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Learning Objectives
To understand that the essential act
of entrepreneurship involves new
entry
To be able to think about how an
entrepreneurial strategy can first
generate, and then exploit over time,
a new entry
To understand how resources are
involved in the generation of
opportunities
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Learning Objectives
To acknowledge that
entrepreneurship involves making
decisions under conditions of
uncertainty
To be able to assess the extent of
first-mover advantages and weigh
them against first-mover
disadvantages
To understand that risk is associated
with newness, but there are
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New Entry
Includes:
New product in an established or new
market
Established product in a new market
A new organization
Entrepreneurial strategy
Set of decisions, actions, and reactions
that generate, and exploit, a new entry
over time
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Market knowledge
Information, technology, know-how, and
skills that provide insight into a market and
its customers
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Adaptation
Persistence and determination can inhibit
the ability to adapt
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Imitation Strategies
Copying practices of other
Advantages
Help develop skills necessary to be
successful in the industry
Provide organizational legitimacy
Reduce costs associated with R&D
Reduce customer uncertainty over the
firm
Make the new entry look legitimate from
day one
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Imitation Strategies
Types of imitation strategies
Franchising
Acquiring a proven formula for new entry
from a franchisor
Me-too strategy
Copying exist products and attempting to
build an advantage through minor variations
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