Technological Dominance, Complements and Compatibilities

• Main Authors: Hsiao-Chen Mei, 梅筱珍
• Other Authors: Peter J. Sher
• Format: Others
• Language: en_US
• Published: 2010
• Online Access: http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/92939582958151909969

博士 === 國立暨南國際大學 === 國際企業學系 === 98 === With the advancement of technology, it would be either hard or necessary for firms to build core competencies and competitive advantages while addressing to the technological changes. According to the resource-based view, firm’s strategic resources and capabilities keep sustained competitive advantage. Under the concept of path dependencies, it would be a great challenge for firms breaking the rule to integrate, build and reconfigure the resources, such as knowledge, capabilities, routines and complementary assets etc., in the face of dynamic environments. The industries characterized differently will result in different type of technological evolution. In addition to technological breakthroughs, firms should emphasize on maximizing the adoption of both consumers and manufactures in the industry with the network externalities. Therefore the technologies should cover the compatibilities and interoperabilities, which make the coalitions emerge for consensus of technological standards on product interface between firms. In considering the implications of standards, the first question arising concern is their impact on firm’s capabilities building and knowledge diffusion. Secondly, the issue of identifying dynamic capabilities still lies opportunities for empirical researches. Finally, however dynamic capabilities are irrelevant to sustained competitive advantage for debating the criticism of tautology, the question how dynamic capabilities matters for firms usually appeals the interests. The study is conducted into three phases. Research one is preliminary for establishing domain knowledge base by exploring standards-setting process and implication of essential patents. Research two will focus on dynamic capabilities in addressing to technological dynamics. We propose three technological capabilities: in-house R&D, collaboration and technology transfer which could be ones of dynamic capabilities for firms to change technological portfolio. Research three investigates how firms deploy these technological capabilities to keep technological advantage in the industry characterized with network externalities. This study links network externalities and resource-based review, and may theoretically contributes to a better understanding of dynamic capabilities. It demonstrates how firms build the capabilities through technological dynamics empirically by taking mobile telecommunications as an example.