Technological change: Leaders, followers and feedback cycles

Jaana Woiceshyn

Scandinavian Journal of Management, 1991, vol. 7, issue 3, 229-246

Abstract: This paper reports a comparative case study of nine firms in the Canadian graphic arts industry in 1964-1986 and suggests that production technology in these firms changes in feedback cycles. The cycles in turn are triggered by the initial performance of the firms. A model of technological change is proposed which relates performance, managerial conduct and contextual conditions to changes in production technology. Differences between technological leaders and followers are identified.

Keywords: Technological; change; adoption; production; technology; feedback; cycles; managerial; work; comparative; case; study (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 1991
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