| 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.