TY  - CHAP
AB  - Technological innovation in context has been studied by economists and sociologists of technical change and innovation. I shall present the insights and perspectives from this body of literature (including some of my own work), in order to highlight the dynamics of technological innovation processes and the possibilities to influence them — by managers, as well as governmental and societal actors. These actors often work with a limited view of the complexities of technological change and innovation, and they might do better if they were to use recent insights, as I have argued previously (Rip, 1995). Thus, a further topic, visible between the lines of my main exposé, is the relation between the “theory” — i.e., insights from social scientific studies — and the “practice” of policy or action.
VL  - 7
SN  - 978-0-85724-007-1, 978-0-85724-006-4/1877-6361
DO  - 10.1108/S1877-6361(2010)0000007015
UR  - https://doi.org/10.1108/S1877-6361(2010)0000007015
AU  - Rip Arie
ED  - Chris Steyaert
ED  - Bart Van Looy
PY  - 2010
Y1  - 2010/01/01
TI  - Chapter 11 Processes of Technological Innovation in Context — and their Modulation
T2  - Relational Practices, Participative Organizing
T3  - Advanced Series in Management
PB  - Emerald Group Publishing Limited
SP  - 199
EP  - 217
Y2  - 2024/04/19
ER  -