Abstract
The mirroring hypothesis – the assumed architectural mapping between firms’ strategic choices of product architecture and firm architecture, and between firms’ architectural choices and industry structures – has received mixed empirical support. The focus in thus shifting from ascertaining whether the mirroring hypothesis holds, to the product architecture and component-level conditions that may support the mirroring of architectures at different levels. We utilize an industrial economics perspective to develop a stylised product architecture typology and hypothesise how the combined effects of product architecture type, product complexity and the rate of product component change may be associated with phases of mirroring or misting (imperfect mirroring). Our framework helps to reconcile some of the existing mixed support for the mirroring hypothesis.
| Original language | English |
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| Publication status | Published - Oct 2015 |
| Event | Strategic Management Society Conference - Denver, Colarado Duration: 1 Oct 2015 → … |
Conference
| Conference | Strategic Management Society Conference |
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| Period | 1/10/15 → … |
Keywords
- Modularity
- Mirroring Hypothesis