Technological Change and the Evolution of Corporate Innovation: The Structure of Patenting 1890-1990 (PREST/CRIC Studies in Science, Technology and Innovation)
Автор:Birgitte Andersen Год: [не указано] Издание: [не указанo] Страниц: [не указано] ISBN: 1840641215 This book represents an original study of long term patterns in technological development and innovation in large corporations. The author is primarily concerned with understanding open-ended transformation processes in the evolution of industrialized societies. US patent data from 1890 to 1990 is employed within an evolutionary framework. The book offers an overview of an intellectual agenda associated with a highly important and pervasive set of phenomena and challenges several dogmas currently alive within economic reasoning including: ? technological paradigms governing trajectories of opportunity ? the S-shaped image of the technological growth cycle and technological dynamics ? long waves ? industrial dynamics ? the variety of firms' technological profiles and corporate trajectories ? corporate technological leadership ? socio-economic transformation processes and underpinning 'rules'. Technological Change and the Evolution of...
