The era of incremental change in the technology innovation life cycle: An analysis of the automotive emission control industry

Research Policy

Volumn 42, Issue 8, 2013, Pages 1469-1481

  Lee, Jaegul ^a   Berente, Nicholas ^b  

^a WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Automotive emission control systems; Core components; Dominant design; Era of incremental change; Technology life cycle

Indexed keywords

CONTROL SYSTEMS; EMISSION CONTROL; INDUSTRY; PRODUCT DESIGN;

AUTOMOTIVE EMISSION CONTROL; CORE COMPONENTS; DOMINANT DESIGN; INCREMENTAL CHANGES; TECHNOLOGY LIFE CYCLE;

LIFE CYCLE;

EID: 84882867208     PISSN: 00487333     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.respol.2013.05.004     Document Type: Article

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