SMS Paris Session "Research on Technological Discontinuities: Current State & Future Directions"
When: Sunday, September 23
Time: 09:30 - 10:45
Where: Forum I+J, Paris Marriott Rive Gauche Hotel
No pre-registration needed, all are welcome.
Co-Organizer & Presenter: Lourdes Sosa, London School of Economics and Political Science
Co-Organizer & Presenter: Frank T. Rothaermel, Georgia Institute of Technology
Presenter: Michael Tushman, Harvard University
Since the seminal work in the 1980s (e.g., Tushman and Anderson, 1986), the study of technological discontinuities has been a fruitful area for strategy, organizational theory, and knowledge and innovation research at large. Significant progress has been made in understanding the depreciation of firm capabilities as competence-destroying discontinuities unfold, particularly in regards to R&D operations. That said, recent technological developments and changes in consumer trends (e.g., digital disruption) require a broader agenda beyond existing models. While competence destruction is important, further understanding of competence enhancement, and more generally, of portfolio management on a firm's capabilities may also be required. While R&D operations have been the basis of innovation activity, connections across activities through the entire value chain may illustrate a more current platform for innovation. In this panel, researchers revisit the topic of technological discontinuities in light of ongoing work and provide avenues for future research.
Frank T. Rothaermel
The Russell and Nancy McDonough Chair
Professor & Sloan Industry Studies Fellow
Scheller College of Business
Georgia Institute of Technology
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