The Nature and Types of Organizational Taxonomies: An Overview

Technological trajectories as moderators of firm-level determinants of innovation

“…The creation of taxonomies of firms is encouraged in theory development, as it allows large amounts of complex information to be collapsed into more convenient categories, which are easier to comprehend (Carper & Snizek, 1980). However, Niosi (2000) noted that firms within Pavitt's sectoral classes, have technology-related similarities, but are by no means homogenous groups.…”

Digital Product Innovation in Manufacturing Industries - Towards a Taxonomy for Feedback-driven Product Development Scenarios

“…As the classification of objects is a fundamental task in various research domains, several paradigms, terminologies, and development methods exist. Going back to foundational literature on classification [42,43,44], extant studies distinguish -beside more general notions such as classification or framework -particularly typologies (theoretically derived) and taxonomies (empirically derived).…”

A Classification of Supply Chain Problems

“…The grouping or classification of objects under investigation is an important step in any discipline of scientific inquiry (Carper & Snizek, 1980). Although no broad classification scheme for supply chain problems was found, such categorizations have been created for the analysis of problems in many other fields.…”