Why some firms die while others survive? Survival has long been recognized as a basic goal for a manufacturing firm. At least in the long term, survival should be related to various measures of performance, such as market share and profitability. Advocates of population ecology have argued that...

The relationship between product technology and corporate processes, such as competitiveness and strategizing, has been under-researched, as has their ultimate impact upon firm survival and failure. Research suggests that dominant designs within industries may consequently influence the...

This is the introductory note to a special issue on the management of technology and innovation. It is not an exhaustive review of the vast literature to date, as this would be a difficult undertaking in itself, well beyond the scope of this introductory note. Instead, I limit myself here to...

The article discusses recent advances and future challenges in innovation studies. First, it separately considers four main strands of research, studying innovation at the organisational, systemic, sectoral and macroeconomic levels. Then, considering the field as a whole, the article points to...