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      ADVANCES IN INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY AND THE INNOVATION STRATEGIES OF FIRMS

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            Prometheus
            Critical Studies in Innovation
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            0810-9028
            1470-1030
            June 1991
            : 9
            : 1
            : 5-20
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            8631902 Prometheus, Vol. 9, No. 1, 1991: pp. 5–20
            10.1080/08109029108631902
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            Computer science,Arts,Social & Behavioral Sciences,Law,History,Economics
            information strategies,Information technology,monitoring,firms,knowledge acquisition

            NOTES AND REFERENCES

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            8. A. Osborne, Running Wild: The Next Industrial Revolution, Berkeley, CA, Osborne/McGraw-Hill, 1979, ch. 7. Ironically, Osborne cautioned especially against the application of new techonlogy in three areas where it has since progressed very rapidly — voting, funds tranfers among banks, and the operation of stock exchanges.

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            12. Another reason why organisational knowledge may deteriorate is that distortion, noise, and bias may affect its internal transmission. Furthermore, as I argue below, it may not always be in the interest of individuals to share their specialised knowledge with other members of the organisation.

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            16. An illustration of this tendency is provided in G. Rosegger, “Co-operative research in the automobile industry: a multinational perspective”, in A.N. Link and G. Tassey (eds), Co-operative Research and Development: The Industry-University-Government Relationship, Boston, Kluwer, 1989, pp. 167–86.

            17. See, for example, Office of Technology Assessment, Commercialising High-Temperature Superconductivity, Washington, DC, US Government Printing Office, 1988, esp. p. 135; and B. Oakley and K. Owen, Alvey: Britain's Strategic Computing Initiative, Cambridge, Mass., MIT Press, 1989, p. 28 and elsewhere.

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            20. The desire to internalise knowledge is, of course, one of the main reasons given for the existence of multinational firms. For implications of interest in the present context, see R. D. Pearce, The Internationalisation of Research and Development by Multinational Enterprises, New York, St. Martin's Press, 1989.

            21. See for example, G. Rosegger, ‘The benefits and costs of international and technical co-operation in mature industries: and US perspective’, in Bela Gold (ed.), On the Increasing Role of Technology in Corporate Policy, special publication of the International Journal of Technology Management, 5, 7-9, 1991, pp. 256-73; and ‘Diffusion through interfirm co-operation: a case study’, in N. Nakicenovich and A. Grübler (eds), Rat Race Dynamics and Crazy Companies: The Diffusion of Technologies and Social Behaviour, Berlin-New York, Springer, in press.

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            24. For an extended discussion, see R.U. Ayres, ‘Barriers and breakthroughs: an “expanding frontiers” model of the technology-industry life cycle’, Technovation, 7, 2, May 1988, pp. 87–115.

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            33. Hayek F. v.. 1945. . The use of knowledge in society. . American Economic Review . , Vol. 35((4)) September;: 519––30. .

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