Innovation by demand an interdisciplinary approach to the study of demand and its role in innovation

Sociologists and economists are increasingly interested in understanding the patterns and drivers of technological innovation. This book brings together a range of experts to study the role of demand and consumption in the innovative process, including case studies to illustrate the issues raised.

Detalles Bibliográficos
Otros Autores: McMeekin, Andrew (-)
Formato: Libro electrónico
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Manchester ; New York : Manchester University Press : Distributed exclusively in the USA by Palgrave 2002.
Colección:EBSCO Academic eBook Collection Complete.
New dynamics of innovation and competition.
Acceso en línea:Conectar con la versión electrónica
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Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Innovation by demand?: an introduction / Andrew McMeekin, Ken Green, Mark Tomlinson and Vivien Walsh
  • Social mechanisms generating demand: a review and manifesto / Alan Warde
  • There's more to the economics of consumption than (almost) unconstrained utility maximisation / G.M. Peter Swann
  • Variety, growth and demand / Pier Paolo Saviotti
  • Preferences and novelty: a multidisciplinary perspective / Wilhelm Ruprecht
  • Social routines and the consumption of food / Mark Tomlinson and Andrew McMeekin
  • Social categorisation and group identification: how African-Americans shape their collective identity through consumption / Virág Molnár and Michèle Lamont
  • Hyperembedded demand and uneven innovation: female labour in a male-dominated service industry / Bonnie H. Erickson
  • Greening organisations: purchasing, consumption and innovation / Ken Green, Barbara Morton and Steve New
  • Information communication technologies and the role of consumers in innovation / Leslie Haddon
  • The incorporation of user needs in telecom product design / Vivien Walsh, Carole Cohen and Albert Richards
  • Markets, supermarkets and the macro-social shaping of demand: an instituted economic process approach / Mark Harvey.