Trajectories in the Evolution of Technology: A Multi-Level Study of Competition in Formula 1 Racing.

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dc.contributor.authorJenkins, Mark
dc.contributor.authorFloyd, Steven
dc.date.accessioned2009-02-18T12:31:34Z
dc.date.available2009-02-18T12:31:34Z
dc.date.issued2001
dc.description.abstractThis paper explores the trajectories of three key technologies in Formula 1 racing at the component, firm and system levels of analysis. The purpose is to gain an understanding of the evolutionary forces that contribute to the emergence and survival of dominant designs. Based on archival data and contemporaneous accounts of the period 1967-1982, we develop a series of propositions specifying the evolutionary forces acting on technological trajectories within each level of analysis. The resulting framework leads to a set of predictions about relationships between technological transparency, co-evolution, and the emergence of dominant designs. Specifically, we argue that when the costs and difficulty associated with transferring component knowledge between firms is low (technological transparency is high), technologies tend to co-evolve across firms, leading to the development of complementary technologies and increasing the likelihood of industry dominance. Where transparency is low, however, technologies tend to co-evolve across functions within firms, leading to the development of competing technologies across firms, increasing the likelihood of a technology's dominance within the firm. The data and argument suggest that the forces acting on these two types of technological trajectories are self-reinforcing, so that as momentum builds behind a trajectory, it becomes more likely that its evolutionary path will end in either firm-or system-level dominance.en_UK
dc.identifier.citationMark Jenkins and Steven Floyd; Trajectories in the Evolution of Technology: A Multi-Level Study of Competition in Formula 1 Racing. Organization Studies, 2001, Vol. 22, No. 6, 945-969en_UK
dc.identifier.issn0170-8406
dc.identifier.urihttp://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0170840601226003
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/1826/3184
dc.language.isoenen_UK
dc.publisherSage Publicationsen_UK
dc.subjecttechnologyen_UK
dc.subjecttrajectoriesen_UK
dc.subjectevolutionen_UK
dc.subjectcompetitionen_UK
dc.titleTrajectories in the Evolution of Technology: A Multi-Level Study of Competition in Formula 1 Racing.en_UK
dc.typePostprinten_UK

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