The dual role of modularity: Innovation and imitation

Management Science

Volumn 54, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 939-955

  Ethiraj, Sendil K ^a   Levinthal, Daniel ^b   Roy, Rishi R ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^c MCKINSEY AND COMPANY   (United States)

Author keywords

Complex systems; Imitation; Modularity

Indexed keywords

ALTERNATIVE STRUCTURES; COMPETITIVE ADVANTAGES; COMPLEX SYSTEMS; COMPUTATIONAL EXPERIMENTS; DESIGN COMPLEXITY; DUAL ROLES; IMITATION; MODULAR ARCHITECTURES; MODULAR DESIGNS; MODULAR INNOVATIONS; MODULARITY; MODULARIZATION; PERFORMANCE GAINS; TECHNICAL ARCHITECTURES;

COMPETITION; LARGE SCALE SYSTEMS; MODULAR CONSTRUCTION;

DESIGN;

EID: 47749089914     PISSN: 00251909     EISSN: 15265501     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1287/mnsc.1070.0775     Document Type: Article

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