Product Sequencing: Co-Evolution of Knowledge, Capabilities and Products

This paper provides a conceptual model that explains how organizational knowledge, capabilities, and products co-evolve over long time spans, and how this can result in competitive advantage through innovation and strategic linkage of products at a point in time and over time.

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