Publication Type
Working Paper
Publication Date
12-2003
Abstract
Product lifecycle theory, which underlies theories of technical innovation in economics, strategy, marketing, and operations management, is based implicitly on the assumption that products are integrated wholes. The modularization of products undermines the specific synergies which drive the product lifecycle, and this undermining has impacts spanning from the structure of individual organizations to the structure of economies and the definition of industries.
Discipline
Sales and Merchandising
Research Areas
Operations Management
Citation
Cebon, Peter; Hauptman, Oscar; and Shekhar, Chander.
Modularity and the Product Lifecycle. (2003). Research Collection Lee Kong Chian School Of Business.
Available at: http://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/lkcsb_research/1917