Title

Applications of chaos and complexity theories to the technology adoption life cycle: case studies in the hard-drive, microprocessor, and server high-tech industries

Authors

Authors

P. Meade; L. Rabelo;A. Jones

Comments

Authors: contact us about adding a copy of your work at STARS@ucf.edu

Abbreviated Journal Title

Int. J. Technol. Manage.

Keywords

chaos and complexity theories; high tech industries; product strategy; technology adoption life cycle; PRODUCT DIFFUSION-MODELS; DISRUPTIVE TECHNOLOGIES; CONSUMER DURABLES; DYNAMICS; GROWTH; Engineering, Multidisciplinary; Management; Operations Research &; Management Science

Abstract

Strategy formulation for high-technology products is very difficult. The short life cycles, and rapidly changing technology make it extremely challenging to develop and implement successful product strategy. Additionally, since the high-tech market is an example of a complex system, its behaviour is an emergent property of component interactions. The continual co-evolution of system components with respect to each other and the environment creates a highly non-linear dynamical system. This paper introduces a quantitative approach to understand the product position in the technology adoption life cycle using some of the principles and tools of Chaos and Complexity theories. This approach is demonstrated by using data sets of three case studies in the hard-drive, microprocessor, and server high-tech industries

Journal Title

International Journal of Technology Management

Volume

36

Issue/Number

4

Publication Date

1-1-2006

Document Type

Article

Language

English

First Page

318

Last Page

335

WOS Identifier

WOS:000239340500004

ISSN

0267-5730

Share

COinS