Technological discontinuities and the challenge for incumbent firms: Destruction, disruption or creative accumulation?

Research Policy

Volumn 42, Issue 6-7, 2013, Pages 1210-1224

  Bergek, Anna ^a   Berggren, Christian ^a   Magnusson, Thomas ^a   Hobday, Michael ^a,b  

^a LINKÖPING UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRIGHTON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Competence destroying innovation; Creative accumulation; Creative destruction; Disruptive innovation; Technological discontinuity

Indexed keywords

INDUSTRY; KNOWLEDGE BASED SYSTEMS;

CREATIVE ACCUMULATION; CREATIVE DESTRUCTION; DISRUPTIVE INNOVATIONS; GAS TURBINE INDUSTRY; INDUSTRIAL INNOVATION; TECHNOLOGICAL CHANGE; TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENT; TECHNOLOGICAL DISCONTINUITIES;

COMPETITION;

EID: 84878886130     PISSN: 00487333     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.respol.2013.02.009     Document Type: Article

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