Technological Entry, Redeployability, and Firm Value

Technological Determinism and the Firm

Business history and the history of technology, although devoted to the study of closely-related phenomena, have diverged in recent years. Differences in the methodologies and received wisdom of the two fields can be seen clearly in how leading theorists have approached the question of technological determinism. After reviewing divergent rends in the analysis of this question, I shall discuss r...

Codification of technological knowledge, firm boundaries, and “cognitive” barriers to entry

Technological Innovation Capabilities and Firm Performance

Technological innovation capability (TIC) is defined as a comprehensive set of characteristics of a firm that facilities and supports its technological innovation strategies. An audit to evaluate the TICs of a firm may trigger improvement in its future practices. Such an audit can be used by the firm for self assessment or third-party independent assessment to identify problems of its capabilit...

Firm organization , industrial structure , and technological innovation ’

The formal and informal structures of firms and their external linkages have an important bearing on the rate and direction of innovation. This paper explores the properties of different types of firms with respect to the generation of new technology. Various archetypes are recognized and an effort is made to match organization structure to the type of innovation. The framework is relevant to t...

Firm Technological Innovation Persistence: Organizational Innovation Matters Firm Technological Innovation Persistence: Organizational Innovation Matters

Organizational innovation favors technological innovation, but does it also influence technological innovation persistence? This article investigates empirically the pattern of technological innovation persistence and tests the potential impact of organizational innovation using firm-level data from three waves of the French Community Innovation Surveys. Evidence shows a positive effect of orga...