Architectural Innovation: The Reconfiguration of Existing Product Technologies and the Failure of Established Firms

• DOI: 10.2307/2393549
• Publication Date: 2006-04-18T15:28:21Z
• Authors: Rebecca M. Henderson; Kim B. Clark
• Keywords: Control reconfiguration

ThP tiaditinn-Tl catPgori ?:ation nf innovation as t^ithpr "inrrpnipntal " or "radical" is incomplete and fundanient al ly inisl eadi ng ."Generational" - that reconfigures a technical system without changing its elements -i^; qualitatively different from both incremental radical often ha< important unexpected organisational competitive consequences.This paper defines generational illustrates the concept's explanatory force through an empirical study of history semiconductor photolithographic alignment equipment industry.