Youngrak Choi
Ashgate
Hardback
252
1996
This book investigates the critical role of Management of Technology in achieving firms? competitiveness. Dr Youngrak Choi carried out a case study focusing on dynamics of technological development of Samsung?s semiconductors. Samsung has recently emerged as one of the world?s leaders in the DRAM area. The Samsung case exhibits the importance of building techno-management capability for the corporate growth along technological progress paths. The dynamic capability of managing technology includes resource-exploiting managment-integrating and path-navigating activities. The integration of those activities is vital for managing chaos trials and errors ad hoc basis and balance between the retrospective and the proactive in the course of technology development. The essence of this study is to recognise the built-in characteristics of the firm as innovation sources rather than external conditions.
Ashgate
Hardback
252
1996
This book investigates the critical role of Management of Technology in achieving firms? competitiveness. Dr Youngrak Choi carried out a case study focusing on dynamics of technological development of Samsung?s semiconductors. Samsung has recently emerged as one of the world?s leaders in the DRAM area. The Samsung case exhibits the importance of building techno-management capability for the corporate growth along technological progress paths. The dynamic capability of managing technology includes resource-exploiting managment-integrating and path-navigating activities. The integration of those activities is vital for managing chaos trials and errors ad hoc basis and balance between the retrospective and the proactive in the course of technology development. The essence of this study is to recognise the built-in characteristics of the firm as innovation sources rather than external conditions.