Path Dependence and Creation

Herausgeber: Garud, Raghu; Karnoe, Peter

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

The editors, aware of the recent work in evolutionary theory and the science of chaos and complexity, challenge the sometimes deterministic flavor of this subject. They are interested in uncovering the place of agency in these theories that take history so seriously. In the end, they are as interested in path creation and destruction as they are in path dependence. This book is compiled of both theoretical and empirical writings. It shows relatively well-known industries, such as the automobile, biotechnology, and semi-conductor industries in a new light. It also invites the reader to learn more about medical practices, wind power, lasers, and synthesizers. Primarily written for academicians, researchers, and Ph.D. students in fields related to technology management, this book is research-oriented and will appeal to all managers.

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The objective of this book is to offer a framework to explore issues pertaining to path dependence and creation which seek to understand the generative forces driving phenomena. How do technologies emerge?

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 440
• Erscheinungstermin: 16. August 2012
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 228mm x 151mm x 27mm
• Gewicht: 653g
• ISBN-13: 9780415650717
• ISBN-10: 0415650712
• Artikelnr.: 36813437

Autorenporträt

Peter Karnoe, Raghu Garud

Inhaltsangabe

Contents: A.P. Brief
J.P. Walsh
Series Editors' Foreword. Preface. R. Garud
P. Karnøe
Path Creation as a Process of Mindful Deviation. Part I: Path Dependence and Beyond.A.P. Bassanini
G. Dosi
When and How Chance and Human Will Can Twist the Arms of Clio: An Essay on Path Dependence in a World of Irreversibilities. P.M. Hirsch
J.J. Gillespie
Unpacking Path Dependence: Differential Valuations Accorded History Across Disciplines. V.W. Ruttan
Sources of Technical Change: Induced Innovation
Evolutionary Theory
and Path Dependence. Part II:From Path Dependence to Path Creation. M. Kenney
U. von Burg
Paths and Regions: The Creation and Growth of Silicon Valley. R.N. Langlois
D.A. Savage
Standards
Modularity
and Innovation: The Case of Medical Practice. J.A.C. Baum
B.S. Silverman
Complexity
Attractors
and Path Dependence and Creation in Technological Evolution. Part III:Path Creation as Co-Evolution.J.F. Porac
J.A. Rosa
J. Spanjol
M.S. Saxon
America's Family Vehicle: Path Creation in the U.S. Minivan Market. H. Rao
J. Singh
The Construction of New Paths: Institution-Building Activity in the Early Automobile and Biotech Industries. R. Kemp
A. Rip
J. Schot
Constructing Transition Paths Through the Management of Niches. Part IV:Path Creation as Mobilization.J. Lampel
Show-and-Tell: Product Demonstrations and Path Creation of Technological Change. B. Van Looy
K. Debackere
R. Bouwen
Innovation as a Community-Spanning Process: Looking for Interaction Strategies to Handle Path Dependency. J. Mouritsen
N. Dechow
Technologies of Managing and the Mobilization of Paths. T. Pinch
Why Do You Go to a Piano Store to Buy a Synthesizer?: Path Dependence and the Social Construction of Technology.