Knowledge-intensive outsourcing alliances present a tension between sharing enough private knowledge to successfully accomplish alliance goals and simultaneously safeguarding it against misappropriation. This paper explores the perspective that modularity complements outsourcee ignorance. Put...

Historische Entwicklungen in der Automobilindustrie -- Die Treiber der dritten Revolution -- Der Konflikt zwischen Effizienz und Vielfalt -- Die Lösung des Konfliktes: Modularisierung -- Quantitative Veränderungen zwischen OEMs und Lieferanten — die neue Wertschöpfung -- Qualitative...

In this paper we discuss the relationship between the competence-based perspective and market positioning. We argue that a product, which as the ultimate expression of a firm's competence reflects a firm's distinctive competences, should have the potential to achieve a superior market position....

Designers often seek modular architectures to better accommodate expected changes and to enable parallel development. However, we lack a formal theory and model of modularity and software evolution, which can be used for description, prediction, and prescription. According to Baldwin and Clark's...