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September 2015
[Management] Gotsopoulos Aleksios - The Coevolution of Technologies and Categories during Industry Emergence
Professor Aleksios Gotsopoulos’s paper was accepted by the Academy of Management Review.
(Publication date: July 2015)
Abstract
Technology scholars have long studied the evolution of technological designs during industry emergence. More recently, organizational theorists have highlighted the importance of categories for industry dynamics. Despite their common theme, the two literatures have largely evolved in parallel instead of converging to form a more comprehensive theory of industry evolution. In particular, the mechanisms by which categories and technological designs influence each other as the industry evolves have not been identified or explored. Our article addresses this void in the literature by proposing an integrative process model of industry emergence. The model adds to existing literature by bringing together two different but complementary perspectives of industry evolution, specifying the corresponding mechanisms, and placing special emphasis on the co-evolutionary nature of designs and categories.
(Publication date: July 2015)
Abstract
Technology scholars have long studied the evolution of technological designs during industry emergence. More recently, organizational theorists have highlighted the importance of categories for industry dynamics. Despite their common theme, the two literatures have largely evolved in parallel instead of converging to form a more comprehensive theory of industry evolution. In particular, the mechanisms by which categories and technological designs influence each other as the industry evolves have not been identified or explored. Our article addresses this void in the literature by proposing an integrative process model of industry emergence. The model adds to existing literature by bringing together two different but complementary perspectives of industry evolution, specifying the corresponding mechanisms, and placing special emphasis on the co-evolutionary nature of designs and categories.
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