Article ID: | iaor1990969 |
Country: | United States |
Volume: | 38 |
Issue: | 1 |
Start Page Number: | 15 |
End Page Number: | 36 |
Publication Date: | Aug 1990 |
Journal: | Technological Forecasting & Social Change |
Authors: | Montrey Henry, Utterback James M. |
Keywords: | innovation |
The technical, manufacturing, economic and policy considerations which are shaping innovation in structural wood panels are briefly examined. A model of the substitution of newer panel forms for plywood, done in 1980 when market penetration was about 3 percent, is presented. More recent data are used to reexamine the model and validity of the Fisher-Pry technique in this instance.