The Power of Integrality: Linkages between Product Architecture, Innovation, and Industry Structure

A substantial literature stream suggests that many products are becoming more modular over time, and that this development is often associated with a change in industry structure towards higher degrees of specialization. These developments can have strong implications for an industry’s competition...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Fixson, Sebastian K., Park, Jin-Kyu
Format: Working Paper
Language:en_US
Published: Cambridge, MA; Alfred P. Sloan School of Management, Massachusetts Institute of Technology 2011
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/65612