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Managing the Uneven Evolution of Know-How. Engineering Design as "Social technology"

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  • Brusoni, Stefano

    (Department of Management, Technology and Economics (D-MTEC) Eidgenössische Technische Hochschule Zürich (ETHZ))

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This paper focuses on the relationship between organisational design and product design. Much of the literature that studies this relationship stresses the key role played by a few key product characteristics: its overall architecture, its components, their complexity and criticality. This paper focuses instead on the organisational implications of the uneven evolution of specialised know how, namely fluid engineering. It builds upon a three-year study of the UK chemical industry that analysed firms' vertical integration decisions and their project management strategies.

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  • Brusoni, Stefano, 2007. "Managing the Uneven Evolution of Know-How. Engineering Design as "Social technology"," European Journal of Economic and Social Systems, Lavoisier, vol. 20(2), pages 147-162.
    • Handle: RePEc:ris:ejessy:0079
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    Keywords

    Engineering Design; Modularity; Process Engineering; Capital Goods; Division of Labour; Social Technology;
    All these keywords.

    JEL classification:

    • L65 - Industrial Organization - - Industry Studies: Manufacturing - - - Chemicals; Rubber; Drugs; Biotechnology; Plastics
    • O33 - Economic Development, Innovation, Technological Change, and Growth - - Innovation; Research and Development; Technological Change; Intellectual Property Rights - - - Technological Change: Choices and Consequences; Diffusion Processes

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