A general assumption is that early entry into themarket with a new venture is advantageous, increasing the profit potential.However, empirical research suggests that pioneers have a greater risk offailure than later entrants. A model is proposed of the entry timing decision that depends both...

This chapter describes the contribution of the operations management (OM) field to entrepreneurship and startup practices in terms of extant knowledge, emergent trends and research opportunities. To characterize the extant knowledge, we review relevant literature in the first half of the chapter...