The interplay between demand from the market, the role of users in shaping that demand, and the way in which these factors influence the innovation process has always been a complex one. This work examines this interplay from a technological change perspective. The contributors explore the potential for "rapprochement" between economics, sociological and other social science disciplines in considering the allocation of resources and the making of decisions about technological change. The papers within this book represent a judicious blend of theory and empirical research and look at a broad range of innovations, markets and technologies in medicine, agriculture and food production, services and IT. The work raises the question of the many "visible hands" that are involved in linking technology and the market together.
The interplay between demand from the market, the role of users in shaping that demand, and the way in which these factors influence the innovation process has always been a complex one. This work examines this interplay from a technological change perspective. The contributors explore the potential for "rapprochement" between economics, sociological and other social science disciplines in considering the allocation of resources and the making of decisions about technological change. The papers within this book represent a judicious blend of theory and empirical research and look at a broad range of innovations, markets and technologies in medicine, agriculture and food production, services and IT. The work raises the question of the many "visible hands" that are involved in linking technology and the market together.
Contents: Preface 1. Introduction 2. Many Visible Hands 3. Great Expectations: The Constructions of Markets, Products and User Needs During the Early Development of Gene Therapy in the USA 4. Reconceptualizing the User(s) of – and in – Technological Innovation: The Case of Vaccines in the United States 5. Inducement and Blocking Mechanisms in the Development of a New Industry: The Case of Renewable Energy Technology in Sweden 6. Shaping the Selection Environment: ‘Chlorine in the Dock’ 7. When Markets Meet Socio-politics: The Introduction of Chlorine-free Bleaching in the Swedish Pulp and Paper Industry 8. Internet Market Applications in Ship-broking: A Framework and Research Findings 9. Internet Entrepreneurship: Why Linux Might Beat Microsoft 10. Design in the IT Industry: The Role of Users 11. How Innovative are Users? A Critique of Learning-by-Doing and -Using 12. Taste as a Form of Adjustment between Food and Consumers 13. Services and Innovation: Demand-led Changes in Business Organizations 14. The Missing Link: Innovation and the Needs of Less-Developed Country Users Index
Edited by Rod Coombs, Professor of Technology Management, the late Ken Green, formerly Professor of Environmental Innovation Management, the late Albert Richards, formerly, Research Fellow in Technology Management and Vivien Walsh, Reader in Technology Management, Alliance Manchester Business School, University of Manchester, UK
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