How to grow an organization’s technological strategy. It characterizes an organization’s learning framework in terms of three building blocks, technological capabilities, technology strategy, and experience. Technology strategy consists of a competitive strategy stance, a value chain stance, a resource commitment stance, and a management stance. There are forces that shape the evolution of technology strategy, which include the industry structure, internal organizational learning, and organizational structure. Capabilities drive strategy and strategy drives experience. In turn experience drives capabilities and strategy.
QUESTION
1. Regarding competitive strategy, how can technology be used defensively versus offensively?
2. Why is innovative technology insulation and an inward looking orientation a poor competitive strategy stance? Define the characteristics of a proactive competitive strategy stance.
3. What determines the size of a firm’s R&D Department?
4. Explain how experience determines capabilities and technological strategy.