The Making of Convergence: Knowledge Reuse, Boundary Spanning, and the Formation of the ICT Industry
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| Title: | The Making of Convergence: Knowledge Reuse, Boundary Spanning, and the Formation of the ICT Industry |
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| Authors: | Hacklin, Fredrik, Wallin, Martin, 1976, Björkdahl, Joakim, 1975, von Krogh, Georg |
| Source: | IEEE Transactions on Engineering Management. 70(4):1518-1530 |
| Subject Terms: | Convergence, Bibliometrics, Industries, technology development, strategy, Patents, Silicon carbide, Indexes, Bibliometric, information and communication technology (ICT), Shape, convergence, microfoundation |
| Description: | While mastering technology and industry convergence are essential for firms across a growing number of industries, convergence is often rapid and abrupt, challenging firms to develop appropriate strategic responses. Focusing on the historical convergence between information technology and communication technology, we examine the microlevel behaviors of scientists initiating and driving convergence. Analyzing a bibliometric dataset of 257 641 scientific articles, we demonstrate how industry convergence manifests in a microlevel scientific convergence, preceding industry convergence by several decades. Our article contributes to the literature on convergence by developing new bibliometric measures for scientific convergence, and by contrasting microlevel behaviors that underpin convergence. Based on our findings, we offer a set of methods and strategies to assist managers in technology-based businesses with anticipating and responding to convergence in a timely manner. |
| File Description: | electronic |
| Access URL: | https://research.chalmers.se/publication/525137 https://research.chalmers.se/publication/525137/file/525137_Fulltext.pdf |
| Database: | SwePub |
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