New materials are revolutionizing sectors as diverse as construction and communications. Advanced manufacturing technologies have altered long-standing patterns of productivity and employment. Improved air and sea transportation has greatly accelerated the worldwide flow of people and goods.
All this has both created and mandated greater interdependence among firms and nations. The rapid rate of innovation and the dynamics of technology flows mean that comparative advantage is short-lived. To maximize returns, arrangements such as transnational mergers and shared production agreements are sought to bring together partners with complementary interests and strengths. This permits both developed and developing countries to harness technology more efficiently, with the expectation of creating higher standards of living for all involved. Our results indicate that global distribution diminishes the chance of completing tasks on time and degrades subsystem design quality. can architectural innovation destroys the usefulness of a firm's firm's architectural knowledge but preserves the usefulness of its knowledge about the product's components?
A simple answer to your question, but not always, will be it depends of the architectural innovation. In addition to that the role of the firm and its orientation will be another factor that should be taken into the account.
You may have a look on these references.
- Henderson, Rebecca M., and Kim B. Clark. "Architectural innovation: The reconfiguration of existing product technologies and the failure of established firms." Administrative science quarterly (1990): 9-30.
- Stieglitz, Nils, and Klaus Heine. "Innovations and the role of complementarities in a strategic theory of the firm." Strategic management journal 28, no. 1 (2007): 1-15.
Dear DR Uchendu E. Chigbu & Dhirgham Alobaydi
Thanks very much for your comments .
Yes, architecture, as the way how we structuralize parts of the built environment, has a key role in how globalization takes place. Sustainable architecture innovations can contribute in realization of the sustainable global development. Obviously, poor architecture can result in undermining the quality of the globalization process.
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