Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/43559 
Year of Publication: 
2010
Series/Report no.: 
Nota di Lavoro No. 2010,48
Publisher: 
Fondazione Eni Enrico Mattei (FEEM), Milano
Abstract: 
Established firms often fail to maintain leadership following disruptive market shifts. We argue that such firms are more prone to internal resistance. A radical adjustment of assets affects the distribution of employee rents, creating winners and losers. Losers resist large changes when strong customer goodwill cushions the consequences. Partial adaptation may lead winners to depart to form new firms with no goodwill, but no internal resistance.
Subjects: 
Resistance to Change
Leadership
Adaptation
JEL: 
D21
Document Type: 
Working Paper

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