Title: Technological designs for retention and reuse

Authors: Raghu Garud, Arun Kumaraswamy

Addresses: Associate Professor of Management, Leonard N. Stern School of Business, New York University, 713 Tisch Hall, 40 West 4th Street, New York, NY 10012, USA. ' Leonard N. Stern School of Business, New York University, 7-150 Management Education Centre, 44 West 4th Street, New York, NY 10012, USA

Abstract: At one time, firms designed technological systems for obsolescence. Increasingly, however, firms are designing technological systems to facilitate the retention and reuse of components. This paper offers guidelines for how technological systems can be designed for retention and reuse, and explains why retention and reuse of components have become important.

Keywords: technological systems design; reuse; retention; modularity; upgradability; learning; technology management.

DOI: 10.1504/IJTM.1996.025476

International Journal of Technology Management, 1996 Vol.11 No.7/8, pp.883 - 891

Published online: 22 May 2009 *

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