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Innovation management

the claim that large incumbents rarely introduce radical innovations, tested and found not to hold in recent decades.

In innovation management, incumbent's curse refers to the claim that large incumbents rarely introduce radical innovations, tested and found not to hold in recent decades. This meaning comes from Chandy (2000) in Journal of Marketing.[1]

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Chandy, R. K., & Tellis, G. J. (2000). The Incumbent's Curse? Incumbency, Size, and Radical Product Innovation. Journal of Marketing, 64(3), 1-17. https://doi.org/10.1509/jmkg.64.3.1.18033

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