Management of technological change : context and case studies
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Management of technological change : context and case studies
Elsevier Advanced Technology, c1991
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The successful management of innovation is no longer a luxury, but essential to business survival ...This book brings together actual case studies from a range of industrial sectors, offering your insights into the different ways that particular firms and industries manage change. These studies show the kind of problems that arise in each case, the solutions that were found and the extent to which they were successful - giving you early-warning of problems and pitfalls, as well as offering solutions.
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Section I: Technological Change as a Socio-Economic Process. The three papers in this section deal with different aspects of technological change as a technical, social and economic phenomenon. Although they shed light on different aspects of technological progress, the papers all testify to the fact that scholars have abandoned the view of invention and innovation as forces that are exogenous to other cultural, social and economic processes. Rather, they emphasise that the very dynamics of these processes derive in good part from the ways in which technological changes are woven into them. Section II: Issues in the Management of Innovation. The willingness and the ability of firms to innovate are key determinants of business forms' competitive survival in the long run. At the same time, technological rivalry among firms and industries invigorates whole economies and provides the main driving force for long-term growth. Nevertheless, most organizations do not find it easy to recognize and accept new ideas, to develop them into viable operational concepts or to introduce and commercialize them. The papers in Section II examine some of the reasons for this state of affairs and suggest how changes in strategic approaches to the management of innovation might enhance performance. Section III: Case Studies in Technological Changes. Our understanding of the complex forces producing technological advances has been greatly enhanced by progress in analytical research. Qualitative and quantitative studies of the invention-innovation-diffusion nexus have provided scholars, practitioners and government officials with a host of useful generalizations. Only by gaining an insight into the complexities of the process and of its effects on particular firms and industries, will they be able to put their general knowledge to productive use. The papers presented in this section deal with various actual cases, which illustrate the opportunities and obstacles faced by innovation in the real world. The studies presented here were first published in Technovation , a journal dedicated to the study of technological innovation - how it works, why it fails and how it can be improved - and these papers are representative of the journals range and have already been found useful in teaching courses on the economics and management of technological change in several institutions.
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