Innovation and market structure

3 important questions on Innovation and market structure

Absorptive capacity of the firm

the exploitation of synergies (interaction actor which more than doubles outcome) depends on inter-divisional communication about diverse experience. Also interface with external environment.

Tushman and Anderson’s two sort of innovations:  Competence-destroying

mastering the new technology requires fundamentally different competencies from the firm’s existing competencies. Initiated by new firms. Expected to have clear economic implication, greater market turbulence and in long-run great changes to industry structure.

Tushman and Anderson's two sort of innovations: Competence-preserving

using existing technological competencies. Initiated by existing firms. Can represent order of magnitude, but key is that they do not obsolete skills of previous generation of technology.

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