Showing that the military and space industry, and the semi-conductors industry exhibit different dynamics regarding technical change, this paper gives some insights explaining how two innovative industries can show different rhythms of technical change. We focus on the military and space...

Purpose – The topic of the risk associated with innovation is being investigated through the influence of technological risk on technology adoption. Design/methodology/approach – The paper analyses the dynamics of technology adoption in high technology products thanks to several regressions....