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This research investigates the co-evolution between technology, interfirm networks and firm capabilities. This investigation departs from the notions that firms cannot evade from interacting with others and that technological advancement results from the collective efforts by interrelated actors. The empirical study is undertaken through a single case study from the optical recording media industry within which significant technological change has taken place for three times. The case, drawing on 60 interviews as the main data source, depicts how the focal actor responds to technological change by the rearrangement of its business relationships that is affected by its interaction history and capabilities. With case findings, theoretical discussion is permitted. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]