Download or read book Understanding Technological Innovation written by Patrice Flichy and published by Edward Elgar Publishing. This book was released on 2008-01-01 with total page 206 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Researchers and students in the management of innovation will find in this book an analytical framework that articulates technological innovation processes and the creation of new markets. The multiplication of examples and cases helps the reader in better grasping the different aspects of the proposed framework. The focus on information and communication technologies is of high relevance: it enables the reader to put present developments in perspective, and this is especially relevant when discussing ascending innovation and the role of users and uses. Philippe Laredo, Universities of Paris-Est and Manchester, Coordinator of the European PRIME Network of Excellence Patrice Flichy takes the reader on a fascinating tour of the literature on technological innovation. Innovation is situated within the frames of functioning and use, offering rich insights into the strategies, tactics, improvisations and learning which occur through time. He emphasises the dreams and musings of inventors, novelists and the popular media to show how they mediate new technological frames of reference. This book offers an excellent synthesis of the literature and an original historical account of innovation with special reference to information and communication technologies. Robin Mansell, London School of Economics and Political Science, UK In Understanding Technological Innovation, Patrice Flichy s interest is in the genesis of technology. He describes the perspectives and interpretive schemes deployed by historians, sociologists and economists in attempts to understand the determinants, including chance, of the particular forms of products and systems that have come to dominate the market and play so important a role some would claim dominant in our lives. It is rare to find in one volume so informed a critique of the essential writings of historians of technology, contemporary sociologists and economic historians. His own special interest lies in the development of information technology and he puts his expertise to good use in revealing and contrasting the different perspectives and claims of these three schools. Louis L. Bucciarelli, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, US Working at the interface between interactionist sociology, history and economics, Flichy provides us with a language for charting the evolution of new technologies, as generic technical capabilities are explored, perhaps inspired by visions of societal change, and become stabilised and attached to particular conceptions of use. He offers us an integrated perspective on technological innovation, addressing the influence of history and social context whilst remaining open to the often unanticipated dynamism and surprises that may surround both these trajectories. This book will provide a thoughtful contribution to current debates. The critical literature review will provide a rich and convenient source for advanced teaching and research training. Robin Williams, The University of Edinburgh, UK How do the social sciences address the question of innovation and the relationship between technology and use? This is the core point of this book which examines critically diverse works, in sociology, history, economics and anthropology, in order to formulate a new approach. This reflection is essentially of a general nature, though the cases used to illustrate the analysis are drawn primarily from the field of ICT. Patrice Flichy studies how the socio-technological actions of the different actors, particularly designers and users, are organized within the same frames of reference. He also introduces a new element into the model by demonstrating how time is involved in technological choices. Understanding Technological Innovation will be essential reading for advanced teaching and research training in the fields of science and technology studies, and media and communication studies.

Download or read book French Studies in the Philosophy of Science written by Anastasios Brenner and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2009-04-14 with total page 370 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Having examined previous volumes of the Boston Studies series devoted to different countries, and having discussed the best way to present contemporary research in France, we have arrived at a careful selection of 15 participants, including the organizers. Our aim is to bring together philosophers and practicing scientist from the major institutions of the country, both universities and research centers. The areas of research represented here cover a wide spectrum of sciences, from mathematics and physics to the life sciences, as well as linguistics and economics. This selection is a showcase of French philosophy of science, illustrating the different methods employed: logico-linguistic analysis, rational reconstruction and historical inquiry. These participants have the ability to relate their research both to the French tradition and current discussions on the international scene. Also included is a substantial historical introduction, explaining the development of philosophy of science in France, the various schools of thought and methods as well as the major concepts and their significance.

Download or read book Information Knowledge and Agile Creativity written by Stéphane Goria and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2019-09-22 with total page 193 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Information, Knowledge and Agile Creativity will enlighten entrepreneurs, and is ideal for facilitating an organization’s ability to react and adapt to its environment. Creativity is a system that engenders innovation. While integral at the conception stage, it is also important before and after this phase. This book offers a collection of tools, as well as a methodology, to estimate the agility of an organization to generate and transform ideas into solutions that are not only new but also adapted to their users. To this end, this book presents strategic foresight and problem comprehension methods; tools of sharing and visual information formatting; animation tips for creativity workshops; techniques for generating ideas; and tools for visualizing and mapping ideas, information, and knowledge.

Download or read book Mirages of Development written by Jean Jacques Salomon and published by Lynne Rienner Publishers. This book was released on 1993 with total page 234 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This work looks at the issues of development in terms that attack both the earlier idealism and the current mood of cynicism about the Third World.

Download or read book The Evolutionary Foundations of Economics written by Kurt Dopfer and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2005-05-23 with total page 604 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: It is widely recognised that mainstream economics has failed to translate micro consistently into macro economics and to provide endogenous explanations for the continual changes in the economic system. Since the early 1980s, a growing number of economists have been trying to provide answers to these two key questions by applying an evolutionary approach. This new departure has yielded a rich literature with enormous variety, but the unifying principles connecting the various ideas and views presented are, as yet, not apparent. This 2005 volume brings together fifteen original articles from scholars - each of whom has made a significant contribution to the field - in their common effort to reconstruct economics as an evolutionary science. Using meso economics as an analytical entity to bridge micro and macro economics as well as static and dynamic realms, a unified economic theory emerges.

Download or read book Regulation Theory written by Robert Boyer and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2005-08-03 with total page 401 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: this constitutes the first global overview of regulation theory in English Boyer is internationally recognised as the person to write to and introduce a volume on RT the volume relates RT to institutional currents in Political Economy and will appeal to a broad range of researchers and academics Interdisciplinary appeal - the doctrines here espoused have relevance across the social sciences

Download or read book New Communication Technologies written by Josiane Jouët and published by UNESCO. This book was released on 1991 with total page 80 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An interdisciplinary analysis, covering economics, law, culture, sociology and education, of new communication technologies, their application and their social and cultural impact, including a report on studies carried out in developing countries on this issue.

Download or read book Les enjeux du changement technologique written by Jean-Jacques Salomon and published by Economica : CPE. This book was released on 1986 with total page 218 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Beyond the Technology Race written by Annemieke J. M. Roobeek and published by Elsevier Science & Technology. This book was released on 1990 with total page 288 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: During the 1980s governments in all industrial countries have tightened their grip on technological development. This book illustrates the technology race between seven industrial countries in the field of information technology, biotechnology and new materials. However, the analysis of a government's role in technological development goes beyond the simple comparison of financial efforts and policy measures. The policies of seven countries are analysed in their specific national context and much attention is paid to the differences in industrial structure, the different social and institutional settings, and national traditions in government intervention. In order to gain insight into the diffusion of new technologies and the shifts in international competitive relations it is necessary to focus on the social base for technological change among the industrial countries. In this context there is fundamental work to do for economists, political scientists, sociologists, policy makers, technical engineers, consultants, managers in strategic planning and human resources, and so on.

Download or read book The Technological Bluff written by Jacques Ellul and published by William B. Eerdmans Publishing Company. This book was released on 1990 with total page 448 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: M. Ellul's view of technology is that once it is let out of the laboratory, technology cannot be turned off. Technology begets more technology. The modern world, therefore, is one in which more technology is inevitable. Fixing or remediating the impact of a technology like water pollution requires--you guessed it--more technology.

Download or read book International Journal of Technology Management written by and published by . This book was released on 1999 with total page 582 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Managing Technology in Society written by Arie Rip and published by Burns & Oates. This book was released on 1995 with total page 384 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "A fateful conceptual gap separates the policy makers and managers charged with promoting technology, and the risk and technology assessors responsible for controlling it. This hampers the effective use of many new technologies, and prevents the development of others. The strategy of constructive technology assessment (CTA) addresses this gap through facilitating societal learning processes, and proposing a shared responsibility for the promotion and control of new technologies." "Combining analysis of both cases and concepts, Managing Technology in Society confronts the underdevelopment of innovative potential for achieving goals of wealth, sustainability and safety. Factors that block change, as well as conditions for successful learning are identified in a wide-ranging selection of cases that encompass biotechnology, clean technologies, information and medical technologies. The contributors build on the convergence of recent theories on technical change within economics, sociology and the history of technology, to offer suggestions for CTA action, and so create a new paradigm of managing technology in society."--BOOK JACKET.Title Summary field provided by Blackwell North America, Inc. All Rights Reserved

Download or read book STI Review written by and published by . This book was released on 1990 with total page 732 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

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Download or read book Techniques to Technology written by Sabyasachi Bhattacharya and published by Vantage Press. This book was released on 1990 with total page 332 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Papers In This Volume All Drawn From Fundamental Works As Well As From Articles And Papers From Journals Sum Up The Debate On The Nature Of The History Of Technology Which Evolved In French Thought In The Twentieth Century. This Anthology Presents The Most Representative Studies That Have Marked The Study Of The History Of Technology In France.

Download or read book Dynamics of Modern Communication written by Patrice Flichy and published by SAGE Publications Limited. This book was released on 1995-11-13 with total page 192 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Patrice Flichy offers a profound analysis of the social shaping and impact of the major communication technologies of the last 200 years. From the semaphore and telegraph to contemporary information technologies, Dynamics of Modern Communication focuses on the relationship between technological and social change. Particular emphasis is put on four processes: the birth of the modern state at the end of the eighteenth century; the development of stock markets; the transformation of private life in the modern nuclear family; and the individualism of the late twentieth century. Exploring the interaction of technology and social context - for example, in the move from public methods of communication to m

Download or read book Technology and the Wealth of Nations written by Dominique Foray and published by Burns & Oates. This book was released on 1993 with total page 424 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The mass of information and stylized facts available on the economics of technical change and industrial innovation has grown immense. This abundance reflects the importance of these phenomena to the understanding of economic growth. This book attempts to distill this unwieldy quantity of information down to a few analytical principles that should enable the reader to understand the factors of technological competitiveness and the links between scientific and technical dynamics and the wealth of nations.