“…In a study of the adoption of Reduced Instruction Set Computer (RISC) technology by computer workstation (Ahuja et al, 2004) Cultural communities (Stewart, 1990) Knowledge heterogeneity (Powell et al, 1996) Factor innovation (Afuah, 2000) Robust designs (Hargadon et al, 2001) Structural holes (Rodan et al, 2004) Market Consumer Political Latent needs (Noda et al, 2001) Fads (Strang et al, 2001) Elite cleavages (Padgett et al, 1993) User innovation (Von Hippel, 1988) User practices (Orlikowski, 2000) Deregulation (Kogut et al, 2002) makers, Afuah (2000) found that leading firms often lost their competitive advantage when new technological opportunities in strategic factor markets rendered the capabilities of key suppliers obsolete. The finding is important because it highlighted the role of strategic factor innovation as a critical technological opportunity for firms operating along a given supply chain.…”