scholarly journals What’s the tally? An Investigation into the Field(s) of Dominant Designs and Platforms

2022 ◽  
Author(s):  
Vladimir Sobota ◽  
Roland J. Ortt ◽  
Geerten Van De Kaa ◽  
Cees Van Beers
Keyword(s):  
Dominant Designs

scholarly journals The (UP)Scaling of Renewable Energy Technologies: Experiences from The Austrian Biomass District Heating Niche

2014 ◽  
Vol 22 (2) ◽  
pp. 44-54 ◽  
Author(s):  
Markus Seiwald
Keyword(s):  
Diffusion Processes ◽  
Linear Trend ◽  
District Heating ◽  
Small Scale ◽  
Structured Interviews ◽  
Renewable Energy Technologies ◽  
Sustainable Technologies ◽  
Energy Technologies ◽  
Diffusion Dynamics ◽  
Dominant Designs

Abstract The successful diffusion of sustainable technologies is termed “upscaling” in the transition studies literature. This paper maintains that upscaling is an ambiguous notion that suggests that technology diffusion processes follow a linear trend from small-scale pilot plants to industrial-scale facilities. On the ground, however, socio-technical configurations are implemented at a variety of scales, simultaneously. These issues are demonstrated in this paper by analysing the historical development of the Austrian biomass district heating niche. Drawing on secondary statistical data and primary qualitative semi-structured interviews, it is possible to identify four generic socio-technical configurations or dominant designs that, in conjunction, shape the diffusion dynamics of this technology in Austria

scholarly journals An Agent-Based Computational Economics Approach To Technology Adoption Timing And The Emergence Of Dominant Designs

2011 ◽  
Vol 9 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Alfred G. Warner ◽  
Ozgun Caliskan-Demirag
Keyword(s):  
Environmental Factors ◽  
Computational Economics ◽  
Font Size ◽  
Agent Based ◽  
Compelling Reason ◽  
Dominant Designs ◽  
Dominant Design ◽  
Adoption Decisions ◽  
Key Resources ◽  
Broad Scale

<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; margin: 0in 0.5in 0pt; mso-pagination: none;"><span style="font-size: 10pt;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman;">Dominant technology designs emerge as the sum of adoption decisions across many firms. We take the position that if certain factors drive adoption by an individual firm, then in the aggregate, they may also illuminate the conditions under which a particular dominant design might emerge. In order to show this, we develop an agent-based computational model to explore linkages between firm specific, industry, and environmental factors, such as knowledge overlap, firm size, environmental uncertainty, and the scope of returns to adoption. We show that the significance of these factors varies with the stage of the technology contest. Early in the process, firms that have a compelling reason to adopt (such as to avoid obsolescence of key resources) choose to enter to create momentum for a particular approach. Other firms, due to indifference, inability or uncertainty, may defer until outcomes are clearer or choose not to adopt at all. More importantly, what constitutes a compelling reason for adoption varies with the nature of the firms that lead as innovators and the external environmental factors. On a broad scale, strong regularities in adoption timing and characteristics of technology winners emerge from the analysis.</span></span></p>

scholarly journals How Coopetition Influences the Development of a Dominant Design: Evidence from the Pinball Industry

M n gement ◽  
2020 ◽  
pp. 61-75
Author(s):  
Fanny Simon ◽  
Albéric Tellier
Keyword(s):  
Theoretical Framework ◽  
Historical Study ◽  
Competitive Strategies ◽  
Relational Dynamics ◽  
Progressive Development ◽  
Industry Level ◽  
External Threats ◽  
Dominant Designs ◽  
Dominant Design

Most studies concerning dominant designs focus on ‘collective’ or ‘competitive’ strategies that companies deploy to impose their choices on the market. The objective of this research is to assess the extent to which ‘coopetitive’ strategies may lead to a dominant design. We analyzed the development of a dominant design over an 84-year period through a historical study in the field of pinball machines. Our study focuses on the five main manufacturers of pinball machines and analyzes data from 1930 to 2014. We demonstrate that companies undergo three phases that involve the progressive development of coopetitive relationships with different impacts on the generation of innovation. Because manufacturers differentiated their offerings, innovated and simultaneously imitated others, increased competition resulted. Simultaneously, external threats and the need to collectively respond to clients and partners prompted the manufacturers to cooperate with one another. Thus, our research provides a better understanding of how specific horizontal coopetitive relationships among manufacturers of the same type of products impact the development of a dominant design at the industry level. This case study suggests that as a theoretical framework, coopetition introduces new insights into the comprehension of relational dynamics during the development of dominant designs. Our observations also confirm or invalidate conclusions drawn in previous works related to coopetition strategies. In particular, this case is interesting as although the appropriability regime was weak, companies still developed coopetitive relationships, contradicting previous studies.

Evolutionary Dynamics of Organizational Populations and Communities

2021 ◽  
pp. 426-495
Author(s):  
Joel A. C. Baum ◽  
Hayagreva Rao
Keyword(s):  
Social Movements ◽  
Evolutionary Dynamics ◽  
Ecological Systems ◽  
Organizational Forms ◽  
Venture Capitalists ◽  
New Organizational Forms ◽  
Technological Discontinuities ◽  
Dominant Designs ◽  
Multi Level ◽  
Subunit Organization

Evolution is conceptualized as a multi-level phenomenon (subunit–organization–organizational field–national economy) that links organizational and ecological systems. Analysis of population and community-level evolution emphasizes the roles of institutional change (e.g., industry deregulation, globalization, market reforms), technological innovation cycles (e.g., technological discontinuities, dominant designs), entrepreneurs, and social movements as triggers of organizational variation. Institutional and technological change transforms the dynamics of organizational communities by shifting the boundaries of organizational forms, destabilizing or reinforcing existing community structures, giving rise to consensus and/or conflict oriented social movements, and creating opportunities for entrepreneurs and venture capitalists to shape new organizational forms.

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