Ulrich Dolata

The Transformative Capacity of New Technologies

A Theory of Sociotechnical Change

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

The Transformative Capacity of New Technologies explores the questions: * how and to what extent do socioeconomic structures, institutions, and actors change under the influence of new technologies? * how do they react to technology-induced pressures to change? * what patterns do they adopt? The book provides practical tools for analyzing and classifying exceptional periods of substantial socio-technical change.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 152
• Erscheinungstermin: 7. März 2013
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 234mm x 163mm x 28mm
• Gewicht: 780g
• ISBN-13: 9780415626934
• ISBN-10: 0415626935
• Artikelnr.: 36198608

Autorenporträt

Ulrich Dolata is Professor for Organizational Sociology and Innovation Studies and Director of the Institute for Social Sciences at Stuttgart University.

Inhaltsangabe

1. The Transformative Capacity of New Technologies: An Introduction 2.
Technology and Sectors 3. Types of Innovation and Sociotechnical
Transformation 4. New Technologies and Their Transformative Capacity 5. New
Technologies and Sectoral Adaptability 6. New Technologies and Sectoral
Transformation. References