EXPLOITING AND NURTURING IN-HOUSE TECHNOLOGICAL CAPABILITIES: LESSONS FROM THE AEROSPACE INDUSTRY

Andrea Prencipe ()
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Andrea Prencipe: Complex Product Systems Innovation Centre, SPRU, University of Sussex, Mantell Building, Falmer, Brighton BN1 9RF, UK

International Journal of Innovation Management (ijim), 2001, vol. 05, issue 03, 299-321

Abstract: This paper identifies four major types of technological capabilities of firms developing multi-technology products:integrative, absorptive, coordinative, and generative. Using an in-depth case study of a high technology sub-system, the paper focuses on a firm'sgenerativecapabilities. The paper illustrates that a firm's generative capabilities enables it to (a)framea particular problem, (b)enactan innovative vision, and (c)solvethe problem by developing new manufacturing techniques. The triadframe-enact-solveis argued to be the primary feature of a firm'sgenerative capability.

Keywords: generative capabilities; framing; enacting; problem solving; aircraft engines (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2001
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