Industrial Change

Question 1

Klepper 1997 - industrial lifecycle model

Answer 1

Birth/childhood, growth/adolescence and maturity (industry shake out)/ saturation

Question 2

S-shaped curve process:

Answer 2

Embryonic ‘snake pit’, growth, saturation/maturity

Question 3

Albernathy and Utterback 1978- patterns of industrial innovation

Answer 3

Product then process innovation!
Fluid phase (product innovation)
Transitional phase (dominant design
Increases costs and triggers shake out (specific stage)

Question 4

Tushman and Anderson - punctuated equilibrium framework

RADICAL CHANGE

Answer 4

Technological discontinuity, era of ferment > dominant design and era of incremental change

Question 5

The sailing ship effect

Answer 5

Established product vs. Invading product

Question 6

Clayton Christensen - sustaining vs. Disruptive innovations

Answer 6

Sustaining innovation : listens/ analyses/ invests in existing customers
Disruptive innovation:
Introduce new functionalities