@techreport{Schmidt2010Contingency,
abstract = {This study identifies the pace of technological development and market heterogeneity as crucial environmental conditions shaping start-ups' performance when commercializing radical technologies. Using a unique dataset that combines survey and patent data for 85 technology-based start-ups, we found that technological radicalness has a positive effect on performance when the development pace in a start-up's technological field is high. Contrarily, under heterogeneous market conditions, technological radicalness diminishes a start-up's performance. The results emphasize that the impact of technological radicalness on start-ups'
performance is context specific. Overall, these findings contribute to a better  understanding of when technological radicalness represents an asset or a liability for technology-based startups.},
address = {Kiel und Hamburg},
author = {Arne Schmidt and Sascha G. Walter and Achim Walter},
copyright = {http://www.econstor.eu/dspace/Nutzungsbedingungen},
day = {02},
keywords = {330; technological radicalness},
language = {eng},
month = {aug},
publisher = {ZBW - Deutsche Zentralbibliothek f\"{u}r Wirtschaftswissenschaften, Leibniz-Informationszentrum Wirtschaft},
title = {Contingency Factors and the Technology-Performance-Relationship in Start-ups},
url = {http://hdl.handle.net/10419/37082},
year = {2010}
}

