Design options and design evolution
By: Carliss Y. Baldwin and Kim B. Clark
Contributors: Clark, Kim B.; Harvard Business School. Division of Research
Edition: Rev.].
Series: Working paper / Division of Research, Harvard Business School -- 98-055; Working paper (Harvard Business School. Division of Research) -- 98-055
Publisher: Division of Research, Harvard Business School
Published: 1999
Place of publication: Boston]
Language: eng
Number of pages: 24
Description: We build a theory that deals with two sets of evolving entities. On the one hand, the designs of computers have changed - this evolution is apparent in the artifacts themselves. On the other hand, the evolving designs have not remained "within the walls" of one or a few big firms. New firms and new markets have emerged in parallel with new products and new product categories.
Notes: Revision of: The value of inverting and porting. c1997.

Chapter 9 of forthcoming book: Design rules: the power of modularity.

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