Can the Large Penrosian Firm cope with the Dynamics of Technology?

Whilst knowledge is a growing feature of corporate competitiveness and growth, it will make firms increasingly dependent on outside resources (including public and foreign resources), and will be increasingly disruptive to their internal organisation. This is because knowledge is increasingly specialised in its production, and leads to periodic step-jumps in technical performance with potentially disruptive effects on corporate organisation.

MoreLess

Year of publication:	2001-09-01
Authors:	Pavitt, Keith
Institutions:	Science and Technology Policy Research (SPRU), School of Business, Management and Economics
Subject:	specialised knowledge \| technical performance \| corporate organisation

More details

Extent:	application/pdf
Series:	SPRU Working Paper Series.
Type of publication:	Book / Working Paper
Language:	English
Notes:	Number 68 17 pages
Classification:	D83 - Search, Learning, Information and Knowledge ; L2 - Firm Objectives, Organization, and Behavior ; O3 - Technological Change; Research and Development
Source:	RePEc - Research Papers in Economics

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005766961