This paper explicates the key mechanisms and research themes of industry life‐cycle theory
and assesses the extent to which empirical evidence supports such an approach. It is based …

This paper reviews the literature on the emergence of industries and the theoretical and
methodological approaches employed. The analysis reveals that industry emergence can …

Coopetition (collaboration between competing firms) has been viewed as a potentially
beneficial but also a risky relationship for a firm. Earlier literature provides inconclusive …

This paper argues that the technology life cycle literature is confused and incomplete. This
literature is first reviewed with consideration of the related concepts of the life cycles for …

Wireless sensor networks have a wide spectrum of civil and military applications that call for
security, eg, target surveillance in hostile environments. Typical sensors possess limited …

While standards are said to create windows of opportunity in facilitation of technological
convergence, it is not clear how they affect technological trajectories and strategic choices of …

This study focuses on quantifying and visualizing the competitive dynamics shaping the ICT
ecosystem. We ground our study in theories of complex systems, strategy dynamics, and …

This paper focuses on the relation between large car manufacturers' incentive and
opportunity to innovate and their electric vehicle (EV) business strategies. We analyze how …

This paper adopts industry life cycle approaches to understand better the changing
rationales for product strategy development in the worldwide mobile phone industry. Based …

The major premise of this study is that managers purposefully shape the business context for
radical innovation. Particularly, the strategic option of developing radical innovation in …