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2025 AOM Annual Meeting

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Session: 26294: Managing Uncertainty and Evaluative Dynamics in Innovation Processes

16415: Temporary Technology (session 26294)

Monday, July 28, 2025

13:45 - 15:15 CEST (GMT+2)

Location: Bella Center: MR179

Session Type: Paper Session
Orientation: Research
Shareable link: https://cdmcd.co/XKyjLg

Author(s)

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Susanna Mansikkamäki

University of Jyväskylä, Finland
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Antti Sihvonen

Jyväskylä U. School of Business and Economics, Jyväskylä, Finland, Finland
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Mirva Peltoniemi

Tampere University, Finland
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Kalle Pajunen

Tampere U., Finland

This study theorizes temporary technology as a concept that can explain technologies created to fulfill a temporary need. By analyzing the development of tar-based lubricant oil during and right after the Second World War, we elaborate on the definition, evolution, and challenges related to the development of temporary technologies. We discuss these dimensions with literature on temporary organizations, technology evolution, and technological sovereignty. Our theorizing on temporary technologies suggests that responding to grand societal challenges may require understanding and utilizing technologies as temporary solutions. These temporary and incomplete but adequate solutions are needed to attain long-term goals.

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