Paradigms of technological innovation within the firm

This article focuses on technological change and the related innovation processes in a business organization. The purpose of the study was to generate new insights by making a historical description of a specific case. The fieldwork in a Finnish clothing firm began in the autumn of 1988. As a result, a proces model is provided of technological change at the level of the firm. This article argues that holistic and coherent intra-firm technological paradigms are necessary to enable sustained and successful innovative activity.