Technological expansion: the interaction between diversification strategy and organizational capability

Article Abstract:

This study analyzes technological expansion by examining the interaction between firms' diversification strategy and internal capabilities. We argue that when new technologies emerge, firms that were actively pursuing diversification do not have equal intention to adopt the technologies. For firms that possess internal capabilities similar or relevant to the new technologies, their diversification strategy facilitates technological expansion, otherwise diversification strategy negatively affect technological adoption. This study improves our understanding on technological expansion. Existing studies try to identify organizational characteristics that facilitate or impede firm entry into new technological fields. This research reveals that the same organizational characteristic (e.g. diversification strategy) can exhibit different effects on technological adoption. It facilitates technological expansion if firms' existing capabilities can be applied to new technologies, otherwise it impedes new technological adoption. (Reprinted by permission of the publisher.)

Research, Technological innovations

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Enterprise without unions: the management of employee relations in non-union firms

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Employee relations in non-union settings remain largely uninvestigated by industrial relations researchers. This article examines the management of employee relations in establishments in high technology industries in the Southeast of England - a sector and locality frequently identified with high levels of non-unionism. Moreover, high technology firms are frequently seen as exemplars of new human resource management techniques designed to substitute for unions. Our data from postal and interview surveys of 115 establishments suggests that HRM is only one, and by no means the dominant, approach to managing employee relations in high technology establishments. (Reprinted by permission of the publisher.)

Analysis, High technology industry, Human resource management, Labor relations, Nonunion employees

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Diversification within Australian Manufacturing Enterprise

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This study examines the diversification of Australian manufacturers. The nature and meaning of diversification has tended to be ambiguous in previous studies. Clarity is sought herein. Decisions affecting diversification are described. Organizational and external conditions contributing to different kinds of diversification are analyzed. Eight statistical tables are included.

Australia, Product information, Products

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