Technological innovation influences organizational populations profoundly by disrupting markets, changing the relative importance of resources, challenging organizational learning capabilities, and altering the basis of competition. The new technology can either be competence-enhancing, building on existing knowhow and reinforcing incumbents' positions, or competence-destroying, rendering existing knowhow obsolete and making it possible for newcomers to become technologically superior competitors. Technological innovation creates opportunities for entrepreneurs to found new organizations and establish competitive positions as incumbents' sources of advantage decay. Technological innovation also creates uncertainty and risk for incumbents because its outcomes can be only imperfectly anticipated. An innovation's impact may not be known until it is too late for incumbents using older knowhow to compete successfully with new competitors; gambling too early on a given innovation may jeopardize an incumbent's survival if that technology turns out not to become dominant. Thus, underlying technologies and technological innovation may influence organizational populations' competitive dynamics and evolution profoundly.
Track 1: INNOVATION AND TECHNOLOGY Artificial Intelligence 5G Bar Coding and Radio Frequency Identification Blockchain Technology Business Intelligence Business Models and Business Processes Cloud Technology Collaboration and Interoperability Communication Technology Competitive Intelligence Complexity Theory Computer Networks Computer Security Computer-Aided Design and Manufacturing Computer-Integrated Manufacturing Content Management System Data Processing and Data Management Decision Rules and Decision Analysis Decision Support Systems Electronic Commerce Electronic Data Interchange and Electronic Funds Transfer Environmentalism and Sustainability Expert Systems Fuzzy Logic Handheld Computers Information Assurance Innovation and Sustainability IoT, IIoT and Industry 4.0 Knowledge Centers Knowledge Management Knowledge Workers Management Information Systems Manufacturing Control via the Internet Mobile Commerce Nanotechnology Robotics Sensor Networks and Software Smart Cities Smart Devices Social Networks Solar PV Technology Management Technology Transfer Telecommunications Trust / Security / Protection Web Services Track 2: ENTREPRENEURSHIP AND TECHNOLOGY Angel Investors and Venture Capitalists Cafeteria Plan—Flexible Benefits Customer Relationship Management Domestic Management Societies and Associations Intellectual Property Rights International Management Societies and Associations Intrapreneurship Joint Ventures and Strategic Alliances Knowledge Management Macroenvironmental Forces Outsourcing and Offshoring Patents and Trademarks Product Life Cycle and Industry Life Cycle Venture Capital Virtual Organizations Track 3: TECHNOLOGIES AND APPLICATIONS Banking/Finance Education/Learning Entertainment Financial Inclusion of Rural Population Government Green Business Green Environment & Climate Change Health Care/Well-Being Industrial/Manufacturing Logistics Sustainable Business Practices
