Individual Assignment Brief
A major question in the field of Business Strategy/Strategic Management is how firms achieve and sustain growth.
Select an industry of your choice, and 1. analyse how technological innovations drive corporate growth strategies;
2. explain why some firms are better at adopting emerging technologies and expand their market while others stagnate and eventually decline;
3. explain how technological innovations are likely to shape the organisation of the sector. The analysis must be richly informed by both theory and by well documented historical cases.
A well-developed theoretical framework is essential for a pass mark.
You must discuss the following:
1. theories of technological innovations and how they inform corporate growth strategies
2. Organisational design and management factors that affect a firm’s ability to build on new technologies both in enhancing productivity and in new product development.
3. The dynamics of industries over time
4. Integration of case studies, theoretical frameworks and your own research