CHALLENGES AND OPPORTUNITIES IN MANAGING 'TECHNOLOGY DISCONTINUITIES' ON S-CURVES.

David J. Sumanth

CHALLENGES AND OPPORTUNITIES IN MANAGING 'TECHNOLOGY DISCONTINUITIES' ON S-CURVES.

David J. Sumanth

Industrial Engineering

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Abstract

It is important that companies have an institutionalized approach to managing 'technology discontinuities' that occur when the saturation point is reached on an S-Curve, for a particular type of technology. There are inherent risks in choosing a new technology when the existing one is still in the 'growth' or 'maturation' stage. Yet, by switching to a new technology at the 'right' time, productivity gains can be in quantum leaps rather than in marginal increments. This paper presents a comprehensive productivity framework to study the challenges and opportunities in managing such discontinuities so that companies can minimize the chances for technological obsolescences and economic disasters.

Original language	English (US)
Title of host publication	Unknown Host Publication Title
Editors	Tarek M. Khalil, Bulent A. Bayraktar, Johnson A. Edosomwan
Publisher	Inderscience Enterprises Ltd
Pages	271-279
Number of pages	9
ISBN (Print)	0907776132
State	Published - Jan 1 1988

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