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However, we recognize a number of limitations that may be addressed in future research.First, our
qualitative study is focused at companies of the automotive supply industry and therefore it only
examines how the best practice firms of this industry structure their TD activities. Second, the quantitative
study is limited to a small sample size, which only indicates trends in the sample, so that
future studies should include a greater sample that aim to come to more representative conclusions
by further statistical tests. Third, the findings of the two studies reflect the procedures and promising
activities of technology management of Austrian firms. Thus, it would be worthwhile to expand the
view to other countries. Further, it is acknowledged that the developed process model is an initial
reference model that needs to be adapted and specified to the particularities of each firm on the one
hand and validated by implementing the process in a broader scope on the other hand. Finally, referring
to the model from Nidumolu et al. (2009) as discussed in chapter 2, the conceptual model relates
to stage 3 and thereby focuses the level of sustainable TD but do not include the higher level 4,
which intention is to develop new business models to ensure sustainability.
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