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...
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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 ra
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Cover; Copyright; Contents; Figures; Tables; Contributors; Preface; 1. Introduction; 2. Many visible hands; 3. Great expectations: the construction of markets, products and user needs during the early development of gene therapy in the USA; 4. Reconceptualiszing the user(s) of - and in - tehcnological 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 industry8. 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 usersIndex