Antonino Vaccaro (Instituto Superior Técnico of Lisbon, Portugal and Department of Engineering and Public Policy Carnegie Mellon University, USA.) Stefano Brusoni (CESPRI & CRORA, Bocconi University, Milan, Italy.) Francisco Veloso (Department of Engineering and Public Policy, Carnegie Mellon University, USA and Universidade Católica Portuguesa – FCEE, Portugual.)
Additional information is available for the following
registered author(s):
This paper analyzes the contribution of Virtual Design Tools (VDTs) to the processes of knowledge replication and recombination in the context of product innovation. On the basis of an in depth case study of two automotive firms engaged in two comparable new product development projects, we show that knowledge replication can occur in two distinct ways, namely through simplification and deepening of existing knowledge. By knowledge simplification we mean the selection and isolation of a specific part of the body of technological knowledge associated with the architectural functions of a multi- component system. By knowledge deepening we mean the decomposition of a knowledge packet in units of smaller dimension. We argue that the processes of knowledge simplification and knowledge deepening drive to very different innovation approaches that in turn have different competitive implications for small and large firms.
Download Info
To download:
If you experience problems downloading a file, check if you have the
proper application to
view it first. Information about this may be contained
in the File-Format links below. In case of further problems read
the IDEAS help
page. Note that these files are not on the IDEAS
site. Please be patient as the files may be large.
Publisher Info
Paper provided by CESPRI, Centre for Research on Innovation and Internationalisation, Universita' Bocconi, Milano, Italy in its series CESPRI Working Papers with number
198.
Length: pages 42 Date of creation: Feb 2007 Date of revision:
Feb 2007 Handle: RePEc:cri:cespri:wp198
Contact details of provider: Postal: via Sarfatti, 25 - 20136 Milano - Italy Phone: +39.025836.3397 Fax: +39.025836.3399 Web page: http://www.cespri.unibocconi.it/
Order Information: Postal: E G E A - via R. Sarfatti, 25 - 20136 Milano -Italy
For technical questions regarding this item, or to correct its listing, contact: (Roberta Ometti).
References listed on IDEAS Please report citation or reference errors to , or , if you are the registered author of the cited work, log in to your RePEc Author Service profile, click on "citations" and make appropriate adjustments.: