The Fear of Innovation

Lex A. van Gunsteren () and Arnold G. Vlas ()

Chapter 4 in The License Giver Business Concept of Technological Innovation, 2022, pp 35-44 from Springer

Abstract: Abstract Technical progress, generated by numerous innovations in relevant domains of our economy, has brought our Western society unprecedented prosperity and wealth. The interest of society at large, therefore, is that the stream of complementary innovations will continue also in the future. The relevance of innovation for our quality of life and even more our quality-of-work-life is undisputed. As a corollary, innovation is praised as a blessing, rewards are issued for innovating accomplishments and innovation-earmarked subsidies are made available, in particular for “backward” sectors of the economy. Criticism on the widely prevailing point of view that innovation is good for everybody seems to be an undiscussable issue, a taboo.

Date: 2022
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DOI: 10.1007/978-3-030-91123-2_4

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