‘Chariots of fire’: the evolution of tank technology, 1915–1945 Export

@article{citeulike:4543221, abstract = {Abstract\ \ We reconsider the notion of technological trajectories by means of a detailed case-study of the evolution of tank technology between 1915 and 1945. We use principal component analysis to analyze the distribution of technical characteristics and how they map into specific service characteristics. We find that, despite the existence of differences in technical leadership, tank designs of different countries show a high degree of overlap and closeness along a common technological trajectory. In the conclusions, we speculate on whether this pattern can be explained by common heuristics that influenced the rate and direction of design activities or by doctrinal viewpoints influencing the development and use of tanks in the battlefield.}, author = {Castaldi, Carolina and Fontana, Roberto and Nuvolari, Alessandro}, citeulike-article-id = {4543221}, citeulike-linkout-0 = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00191-009-0141-0}, citeulike-linkout-1 = {http://www.springerlink.com/content/031m21h623802232}, doi = {10.1007/s00191-009-0141-0}, journal = {Journal of Evolutionary Economics}, keywords = {1915-1945, chariots, evolution, fire, of, tank, technology}, month = {August}, number = {4}, pages = {545--566}, posted-at = {2009-07-03 11:56:09}, priority = {3}, title = {'Chariots of fire': the evolution of tank technology, 1915–1945}, url = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00191-009-0141-0}, volume = {19}, year = {2009} }

TY - JOUR ID - citeulike:4543221 L3 - citeulike-article-id:4543221 N2 - Abstract  We reconsider the notion of technological trajectories by means of a detailed case-study of the evolution of tank technology between 1915 and 1945. We use principal component analysis to analyze the distribution of technical characteristics and how they map into specific service characteristics. We find that, despite the existence of differences in technical leadership, tank designs of different countries show a high degree of overlap and closeness along a common technological trajectory. In the conclusions, we speculate on whether this pattern can be explained by common heuristics that influenced the rate and direction of design activities or by doctrinal viewpoints influencing the development and use of tanks in the battlefield. IS - 4 JF - Journal of Evolutionary Economics EP - 566 TI - ‘Chariots of fire’: the evolution of tank technology, 1915–1945 VL - 19 SP - 545 KW - 1915-1945 KW - chariots KW - evolution KW - fire KW - of KW - tank KW - technology AU - Castaldi, Carolina AU - Fontana, Roberto AU - Nuvolari, Alessandro PY - 2009/08/01/ UR - http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00191-009-0141-0 ER -