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| Tekijä: | Smit, F. C. Pistorius, C. W. |
| Otsikko: | Implications of the dominant design in electronic initiation systems in the South African mining industry |
| Lehti: | Technological Forecasting and Social Change
1998 : NOV, VOL. 59:3, p. 255-274 |
| Asiasana: | SYSTEMS DESIGN TECHNOLOGICAL INNOVATION SOUTH AFRICA MINING INDUSTRY |
| Vapaa asiasana: | DOMINANT DESIGN ELECTRONIC INITIATION SYSTEMS |
| Kieli: | eng |
| Tiivistelmä: | This paper analyzes electronic initiation systems for mining explosives in South Africa. From a tchnology strategy viewpoint the challenge is to determine the nature of the managerial decisions that have to be addressed. The Utterback-Abernathy innovation model is used to assess the evolution of the emerging technology: technology is still in in the fluid phase and a dominant design has not yet emerged. The immediate managerial focus should be on the evaluation factors that may influence the emergence of the dominant design which, however, is a complex process depending on the interplay between many issues. |
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