Journal of Business Venturing
This paper shows that exceptional performance by entrepreneurs on digital platforms is not driven only by the rich-get-richer effect; late entrants with high customer accumulation rates in domains with high knowledge intensity can become star entrepreneurs.
Kaushik Gala is a PhD candidate in management and entrepreneurship; Andreas Schwab is the Dean’s Faculty Fellow in Management and associate professor of management and entrepreneurship; and Brandon Mueller is an associate professor of management and entrepreneurship. Their paper is published in the Journal of Business Venturing.