Redefining industry structure for the information age

• 成果类型: Article
• 署名作者: Sampler, JL
• 署名单位: University of London; London Business School
• 刊物名称: STRATEGIC MANAGEMENT JOURNAL
• ISSN/ISSBN: 0143-2095
• DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-0266(199804)19:4<343::AID-SMJ975>3.0.CO;2-G
• 发表日期: 1998
• 页码: 343-355
• 关键词: INDUSTRY STRUCTURE; industry boundary; information age; information separability; information specificity

摘要

We are entering a new competitive age in which the basis of competition is being fundamentally altered through the introduction of advanced information technologies and public communication infrastructures, such as the Internet. In these environments, the nature and locus of competition will radically alter, as information becomes an increasingly important resource. This paper develops ideas around the strategic characteristics of information-information separability and information specificity. Moreover, it attempts to redefine the nature of industry structure in such a competitive environment by examining what constitutes the real boundaries of competition, industry concentration, related diversification, and innovation for firms competing in the Information Age. (C) 1998 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.