Technological regimes, organizational boundaries and patterns of innovation

Introduction Transitions in technological regimes create different environments at different points in time for latecomers to catch up and to leapfrog the incumbents. This chapter seeks to examine this dynamic by analysing its relationship with organizational boundaries and industry patterns of innovation. The rest of the chapter is organized as follows. The next section discusses the analytical framework followed by the research methods used. The subsequent section analyses the findings. It is then followed by a discussion and chapter summary.