The Encroachment Speed of Potentially Disruptive Innovations with Indirect Network Externalities: The Case of E‐Readers

Mark E. Parry, Tomoko Kawakami · 2016 · Journal of Product Innovation Management

Summary. This paper examines why e-readers adopted more slowly in Japan than the United States after 2010. Through interviews with industry leaders and document review, the authors identify three sources of slower adoption: organizational factors within publishing companies, technology factors including competing formats, and environmental factors such as regulations limiting e-book supply and pricing. The research shows that publishing industry insiders in Japan misinterpreted earlier e-reader performance and faced constraints from interdependent value networks.

Read the original

@article{parry-2016-encroachment-speed-potentially-disruptive-innovations,
  title   = {The Encroachment Speed of Potentially Disruptive Innovations with Indirect Network Externalities: The Case of E‐Readers},
  author  = {Mark E. Parry and Tomoko Kawakami},
  journal = {Journal of Product Innovation Management},
  year    = {2016},
  doi     = {10.1111/jpim.12333},
  url     = {https://doi.org/10.1111/jpim.12333}
}

TY  - JOUR
TI  - The Encroachment Speed of Potentially Disruptive Innovations with Indirect Network Externalities: The Case of E‐Readers
AU  - Mark E. Parry
AU  - Tomoko Kawakami
JO  - Journal of Product Innovation Management
PY  - 2016
DO  - 10.1111/jpim.12333
UR  - https://doi.org/10.1111/jpim.12333
ER  - 

Details

DOI

10.1111/jpim.12333

Countries

United States, Japan

Regions

North America, Asia

Categories

innovation-theory, regional-innovation-systems, general-innovation

Added

2026-04-28