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Technology Discontinuity

Technology Discontinuity is a type of technological change that constitutes a radical departure from established technological trajectories, distinguished by its capacity to disrupt entrenched competencies, render existing systems or knowledge bases obsolete, and enable new performance regimes or market configurations.

64

Publications

14.9K

Citations

109

Authors

61

Institutions

Publications per year

2017–2026

5

Variants

Technological Discontinuity

Parents

Publications

64

Technological Discontinuities and Organizational Environments

Michael L. Tushman, Philip C. Anderson · Administrative Science Quarterly · 1986 · 6.1K citations

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Technological Discontinuities and Dominant Designs: A Cyclical Model of Technological Change

Philip C. Anderson, Michael L. Tushman · Administrative Science Quarterly · 1990 · 3.2K citations

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The Disruptive Nature of Information Technology Innovations: The Case of Internet Computing in Systems Development Organizations1, 2

Lyytinen, Gregory M. Rose · MIS Quarterly · 2003 · 471 citations

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Niches in evolutionary theories of technical change

Johan Schot, Frank W. Geels · Journal of Evolutionary Economics · 2007 · 388 citations · Full text

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Technological discontinuities and the challenge for incumbent firms: Destruction, disruption or creative accumulation?

Anna Bergek, Christian Berggren, Thomas Magnusson et al. · Research Policy · 2013 · 382 citations · Full text

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Authors

109

  1. ML
    Michael L. Tushman

    Columbia University, United States

    3 publications · 9.6K citations

    3

    h-index

  2. FT
    Frank T. Rothaermel

    Georgia Institute of Technology, United States

    2 publications · 479 citations

    2

    h-index

  3. AM
    Anil Madhavapeddy

    University of Cambridge, United Kingdom

    2 publications · 38 citations

    2

    h-index

  4. PC
    Philip C. Anderson

    University of Missouri, United States

    2 publications · 9.4K citations

    2

    h-index

  5. CB
    Christian Berggren

    Linköping University, Sweden

    2 publications · 427 citations

    2

    h-index

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Institutions

61

  1. University of Cambridge

    Cambridge, United Kingdom

    3 h-index

    7 publications

    134 citations

  2. Chalmers University of Technology

    Gothenburg, Sweden

    3 h-index

    5 publications

    226 citations

  3. University of Brighton

    Brighton, United Kingdom

    2 h-index

    2 publications

    427 citations

  4. University of Nottingham

    Nottingham, United Kingdom

    2 h-index

    2 publications

    38 citations

  5. Linköping University

    Linköping, Sweden

    2 h-index

    8 publications

    1.7K citations

  6. Georgia Institute of Technology

    Atlanta, United States

    2 h-index

    2 publications

    479 citations

  7. Eindhoven University of Technology

    Eindhoven, The Netherlands

    2 h-index

    4 publications

    824 citations

  8. University of Pennsylvania

    Philadelphia, United States

    2 h-index

    2 publications

    268 citations

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Venues

  1. California Management Review

    CMR · 3 publications · 511 citations

    3

    h-index

  2. Research Policy

    3 publications · 779 citations

    3

    h-index

  3. Organization Science

    3 publications · 472 citations

    3

    h-index

  4. Research-Technology Management

    3 publications · 300 citations

    3

    h-index

  5. Long Range Planning

    2 publications · 42 citations

    2

    h-index

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