Managing technological discontinuities - A tentative framework

International Journal of Technology Management

Volumn 11, Issue 3-4, 1996, Pages 452-469

  Ehrnberg, Ellinor ^a   Jacobsson, Staffan ^a  

^a CHALMERS UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

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EID: 0042507045     PISSN: 02675730     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
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10. While the causal relation between some of the components in our frame of reference is relatively clear, other links are more uncertain. We do thus not propose a model for forecasting the success or failure of an individual firm, but rather a set of factors that should not be neglected when undertaking research on firms' strategic behaviour during technological discontinuities.