Organizational Responses to Technology Shifts
In theory, when a new technology substitutes an old one, the process for a large firm is described as quite straight forward: disinvest in the old technology and invest in the new. In practice, things are more complicated.
Under the label “Organizational Responses to Technology Shifts”, I address the question of how firms should cope with the pass over phase of the S-shaped model of technological discontinuities (Foster, 1986).
In a first paper in Creativity and Innovation Management I and colleague explored how an incumbant firm successfully utilized portfolios of combinations of business model and technical innovations in order to respond to environmental challenges to successfully respond to three major disruptions.
In a second paper, in Technovation, I and colleagues explore the use of explorative networks as mean for sustainability transition and business model innovation in established firms.
Currently I, and other colleagues are working on a study on competence renewal in the automotive industry.
