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Type Journal Article
Scope Discipline-based scholarship
Title Architectural knowledge generation: evidence from a field study
Organization Unit
Authors
  • Simge Tuna
  • Stefano Brusoni
  • Anja Schulze
Item Subtype Original Work
Refereed Yes
Status Published in final form
Language
  • English
Journal Title Industrial and Corporate Change
Publisher Oxford University Press
Geographical Reach international
ISSN 0960-6491
Volume 28
Number 5
Page Range 9771 - 1009
Date 2018
Abstract Text This paper studies how a world-leading technology-intensive firm organized to renew its architectural knowledge in order to escape the mirroring trap. On the strength of a longitudinal, in-depth, qualitative study, we develop a process model that identifies the phases, learning modes, and core design decisions that led to new architectural knowledge. The analysis of our case highlights that the development of architectural and component knowledge could not be perfectly separated. Further, we infer that the renewal of architectural knowledge can be attained through partial mirroring and by dissolving extant technical and organizational boundarie
Digital Object Identifier 10.1093/icc/dty041
Other Identification Number merlin-id:17415
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