Dominant Designs and Population Dynamics in Telecommunications Services

Founding and Failure of Facsimile Transmission Service Organizations, 1965-1992

Bibliographic Data

ID2051822
AuthorsJoel A C Baum (0000-0002-0707-7938, The Scarborough Hospital, corresponding author), Helaine J Korn (0009-0004-6468-2431, The Scarborough Hospital), Kotha (0000-0002-2137-0196), S Kotha (The Scarborough Hospital)
Year1995
Volume24
Issue2
Pages97-135
Publication date1995-06-01
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueSocial Science Research (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0049-089X • E-ISSN: 1096-0317
PublisherElsevier BV (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1006/ssre.1995.1004
OpenAlexW1980055646
LanguageEN
Citations received6

In this study we examine how links between dominant designs and competitive processes influence patterns of founding and failure in telecommunications service industries characterized by positive network externalities. We study the effects of the dominant design established by the Consultative Committee on International Telephone and Telegraph (CCITT) for facsimile transmission technology on facsimile transmission service organizations (FTSOs) that provide a variety of facsimile transmission services over a shared telecommunications network. The findings provide clear evidence of links between dominant designs and ecological processes in an evolving organizational population. Our findings suggest the need to refine earlier theorizing regarding the relationship between dominant designs and population dynamics

Business · Facsimile · Population · Service (business) · Sociology · Telecommunications · Telecommunications service · Telephony · Transmission (telecommunications) · Variety (cybernetics) · Business Strategy and Innovation · Computer Science · Demography · Digital Platforms and Economics · Innovation and Knowledge Management · Marketing

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