The paper deals with the problem of how firms can innovate by exploiting strategic­ally both the change of technologies satisfying similar needs over time and the lag­gardness of some groups of users in adopting newer ones. This paper proposes a R&D approach based on the past. The integration...

This book focuses on the notion of “vintage innovation” and its application in various old technology-based communities of practice. Some communities of practice resist and react to technological change by adopting new technological products (“vintage products”) that extend the lifetime...