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Technological Determinism and Modularity: Lessons from a Comparison between Aircraft and Auto Industries in Europe

Damien Talbot

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Initial studies of modular manufacturing processes have shown that this dominant design required a fundamentally novel organisational structure of the industries. The underlying hypothesis of technological determinism merits a deeper exploration. The first part of the present paper aims at presenting the logic of this argument while making a distinction between the technological and organisational aspects of modularity. Based on this we then attempt a study of the manner in which the transition to modularity takes place in the aircraft and automobile industries. Our main conclusion is that while it may be possible to posit a convergence between these two industries, the paths followed are still quite clearly opposed.
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hal-04612783 , version 1 (14-06-2024)

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Vincent Frigant, Damien Talbot. Technological Determinism and Modularity: Lessons from a Comparison between Aircraft and Auto Industries in Europe. Industry and Innovation, 2005, 12 (3), pp.337-355. ⟨10.1080/13662710500195934⟩. ⟨hal-04612783⟩
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