Strategic Management of Technological Innovation 5th Edition By Schilling – Test Bank

1.

Increasing returns to adoption means that the more a technology is adopted, the more valuable it becomes. 
 
True    False

2.

The learning curve indicates that the more units a company produces of an item, the more each unit will cost. 
 
True    False

3.

Though learning curves are found in a wide range of organizational processes, there are substantial differences in the rates at which organizations learn. 
 
True    False

4.

The ability of an organization to recognize, assimilate, and utilize new knowledge is referred to as learning trajectory. 
 
True    False

5.

As firms develop complementary technologies to improve the productivity or ease of utilization of the core technology, the technology becomes less attractive to other firms. 
 
True    False

6.

In a market characterized by network externalities, the benefit from using a good decrease with an increase in the number of other users of the same good. 
 
True    False

7.

Network externalities cannot arise in markets that do not have physical networks. 
 
True    False

8.

Products that have a large installed base are likely to attract more developers of complementary goods. 
 
True    False

9.

A legally induced adherence to a dominant design is not possible. 
 
True    False

10.

The influence of a dominant design can extend beyond its own technology cycle. 
 
True    False