Securing Their Future? Entry and Survival in the Information Security Industry
49 Pages Posted: 4 Jun 2008
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Securing Their Future? Entry and Survival in the Information Security Industry
Securing Their Future? Entry and Survival in the Information Security Industry
Abstract
In this paper we study how the existence of a functioning market for technology differentially conditions the entry strategy and survival of different types of entrants, and the role of scale, marketing ability and technical assets using the context of the Information Security Market (ISM). Markets for technology facilitate entry of firms that lack proprietary technology and increase vertical specialization. However, they also increase the relative advantage of downstream capabilities, which is reflected in the relatively improved performance of incumbent Information and Communication Technologies (ICT) firms compared to startups. We find that diversifying entrants perform better relative to startups. Contrary to earlier studies, we find that spin-offs are rare in the ISM. Moreover, they do not perform any better than other startups. Also, firms founded by entrepreneurs from unrelated industries, perform markedly better than other startups. These findings reflect the non-manufacturing setting of this study, as well as the distinctive nature of software technology.
Keywords: Entrepreneurship, Technology licensing, firm performance
JEL Classification: L24, L25, L26
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