%0 Journal Article %1 Schi00 %A Schilling, Melissa A. %D 2000 %J The Academy of Management Review %K dagroup imported %N 2 %P 312-334 %T Toward a General Modular Systems Theory and Its Application to Interfirm Product Modularity %V 25 %X Many systems migrate toward increasing or decreasing modularity, yet no explicit causal models exist to explain this process. In this article I build a general theory of modular systems, drawing on systems research from many disciplines, and then use this general theory to derive a model of interfirm product modularity, including testable research propositions. The product model provides a valuable tool for predicting technological trajectories, and it demonstrates how the general theory can be applied to specific systems.

@article{Schi00, abstract = {Many systems migrate toward increasing or decreasing modularity, yet no explicit causal models exist to explain this process. In this article I build a general theory of modular systems, drawing on systems research from many disciplines, and then use this general theory to derive a model of interfirm product modularity, including testable research propositions. The product model provides a valuable tool for predicting technological trajectories, and it demonstrates how the general theory can be applied to specific systems.}, added-at = {2007-09-24T12:37:24.000+0200}, author = {Schilling, Melissa A.}, biburl = {https://www.bibsonomy.org/bibtex/2811fd98ebb56f0b4d26f7d583a6c70b7/chrishi07}, interhash = {8fa58721bb4e3754d872536d376db44d}, intrahash = {811fd98ebb56f0b4d26f7d583a6c70b7}, journal = {The Academy of Management Review}, keywords = {dagroup imported}, number = 2, owner = {Chrishi}, pages = {312-334}, timestamp = {2007-09-24T12:38:06.000+0200}, title = {Toward a General Modular Systems Theory and Its Application to Interfirm Product Modularity}, volume = 25, year = 2000 }