1st Edition

Innovation, Technology and Hypercompetition Review and Synthesis

By Hans Gottinger Copyright 2007
304 Pages 9 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

304 Pages 9 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

304 Pages 9 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

In an increasingly technologically-led century the striking pattern emerging in firms’ innovative activities is their competition for a technological leadership position in situations best described as races. A 'race' is an interactive pattern characterized by firms constantly trying to get ahead of their rivals, or trying not to fall too far behind. In high technology industries, where customers... Read more

1. Taxonomy of Technological Racing, 2. Modelling Stochastic Innovation Races, 3. Global Technological Racing. Structure, Tools and Forms of industrial racing , 4. Competitive Structures and Technological Racing, 5. Technological Racing in Symmetric and Asymmetric Settings, 6. Racing in Network Industries, 7. High-Speed Technological Competition, 8. Dynamic Rivalry among Technology Platforms, 9. Globalization, Catchup , Economic Development, 10. Schumpeterian Competition

Biography

Hans-Werner Gottinger is at Kwansei Gakuin University, Sanda-Kobe, Japan.