Architectural innovation

Henderson, R. M., & Clark, K. B. (1990). Architectural innovation: The reconfiguration of existing product technologies and the failure of established firms. Administrative Science Quarterly, 35(1), 9-30.

Type

Journal article

Intellectual base

Primary research

Year

1990

DOI

10.2307/2393549

Link

https://doi.org/10.2307/2393549

Cited from

computer_science, engineering_design, general, organizational_management, systems_cybernetics

Cited by

6 citations across 6 artifacts.

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Primes

• Absorptive Capacity

  • This sourceDefines architectural innovation (reconfiguring component linkages while leaving components largely unchanged) and shows why it disproportionately harms incumbents. Bibliography-only (Tier C); not cited in the body.

• Adaptive Capacity
  • Listed in the references but not attached to a specific claim.
• Arbitrage (Generalized)
  • Listed in the references but not attached to a specific claim.
• Design for Lifecycle Adaptability
  • A common failure is discovering that the system's anticipated evolution path was wrong, and the adaptability investments don't help with the actual changes needed

    This sourceShows that innovations changing a product's architecture (rather than its components) destroy incumbents' architectural knowledge and catch established firms unprepared.

• Modularity
  • Listed in the references but not attached to a specific claim.
• Platform Design
  • Listed in the references but not attached to a specific claim.

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