Technology Shocks

1 Frameworks to capture technology shocks: an attempt to integrate current streams of thought. - 1. 1 Introduction. - 1. 2 Frameworks. - 1. 3 Patterns of technology shocks and the product life cycle. - 1. 4 Implications for research. - 2 Success factors for surviving technology shocks. - 2. 1 Introduction. - 2. 2 Main theoretical and methodological streams. - 2. 3 `When Darwin strikes : success factors for overcoming technology shocks. - 2. 4 Implications for research. - 3 Research gaps and methodology. - 3. 1 Introduction. - 3. 2 Need for additional research. - 3. 3 Goals and approach of the research process. - 3. 4 The pre-tests. - 3. 5 Making the questionnaire available. - 3. 6 `Top management still not online . - 3. 7 The necessity of networking. - 3. 8 `Going beyond the fruit fly implications for research. - 4 The machine tool industry and the effects of technological change. - 4. 1 Introduction. - 4. 2 The machine tool industry after World War II. - 4. 3 The availability of information about the industries recent history. - 4. 4 Location of invention, role of national research programs, and no advantage for first movers. - 4. 5 Patterns and extent of technological change: between shock and evolution. - 4. 6 The Japanese success story. - 4. 7 External factors. - 4. 8 The next wave trends and future technological changes. - 4. 9 Implications for an analysis of technology shocks in the machine tool industry. - 5 Descriptive analysis. - 5. 1 Company data and technology shock waves. - 5. 2 The manager s mind - the perceived importance of success factors for the survival of technology shocks. - 5. 3 Secondary findings from the analysis of importance ratings. - 5. 4 Conclusion on manager ratings. - 5. 5 Managing technology shocks - determinants that distinguish winners from losers. - 5. 6 Summary of thedescriptive analysis. - 6 Multivariate analysis. - 6. 1 Introduction of scales. - 6. 2 Differences of the scales means between winners and losers. - 6. 3 `Early and `late losers. - 6. 4 Determining causal relations through multivariate analysis. - 6. 5 Displaying survival. - 6. 6 Analyzing the determinants of survival. - 6. 7 A combined model of managing technology shocks. - 6. 8 Summary of the multivariate results. - 7 Conclusion and outlook. - Appendix of chapter 1. - Appendix of chapter 3. - Appendix of chapter 4. - Appendix of chapter 5. - Appendix of chapter 6. - List of figures. - List of tables. - Abbreviations. - References.