Oxford Scholarship Online: The Business of Systems Integration

The Business of Systems Integration Prencipe, Andrea Research Fellow at the Science and Technology Policy Research, University of Sussex, and Associate Professor of Economics and Management of Innovation at the University G. D'Annunzio, Italy Davies, Andrew Senior Fellow at the Science and Technology Policy Research, University of Sussex Hobday, Michael Director of the Complex Products Systems Innovation Centre, University of Sussex Print publication date: 2005 (this edition) Published to Oxford Scholarship Online: September 2007 Print ISBN-13: 978-0-19-926323-3
4 Integrating Electrical Power Systems From Individual to Organizational Capabilities doi:10.1093/acprof:oso/9780199263233.003.0004 Fredrik Tell Abstract: This chapter deals with the management of the development, production, and marketing of electrical power systems. In considering the history of the electrical manufacturing industry, the aim is to outline general patterns of systems integration during different stages of the product life-cycle of electrical power systems. The chapter discusses how different degrees of complexity relating to organization, technology, and markets affect the capability needs of various forms of systems integration during different stages in the life cycle of electrical power systems manufacture. Keywords: individual capabilities, organizational capabilities, complex products, electrical power systems,