Resistance to change

Authors
Publication date 2013
Number of pages 16
Publisher Universiteit van Amsterdam
Organisations
  • Faculty of Economics and Business (FEB) - Amsterdam Business School Research Institute (ABS-RI)
Abstract Established firms often fail to maintain leadership following disrup tive 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.
Document type Working paper
Note November 19, 2013
Language English
Published at http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=2356936
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