Die Entstehung von Technologien und Industrien ist ein vielschichtiger und komplexer Prozess. Lebenszykluskonzepte, welche dem evolutorischen Grundgedanken entlehnt sind, versuchen Phasen und Muster der zeitlichen Entwicklung von Objekten nachzuzeichnen. Im vorliegenden Diskussionspapier soll...

A merger between two innovation competitors is often suspected to reduce the variety of heterogeneous entities which are currently undertaking R&D or which are well situated to undertake R&D in a certain field. The consequential reduction of "diversity" can be detrimental to innovation because...

The advent of mobility-as-a-service and the disruption of the automotive industry are both overlapping and fuelled by the same developments and thus raise a very fundamental question: are we at peak car? Based on the author’s extensive field research, academic study, and professional...

A merger between two innovation competitors is often suspected to reduce the variety of heterogeneous entities which are currently undertaking R&D or which are well situated to undertake R&D in a certain field. The consequential reduction of “diversity” can be detrimental to innovation...