Technology, Institution and Change

Thomas Kaiserfeld
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Thomas Kaiserfeld: Lund University

Chapter 2 in Beyond Innovation: Technology, Institution and Change as Categories for Social Analysis, 2015, pp 11-26 from Palgrave Macmillan

Abstract: Abstract In this chapter the key concepts of technology, institution and change are discussed and defined. The intimate relations between technology and institution are also described with the conclusion that technological and institutional change cannot be discussed in isolation from each other. Instead, they are different sides of the same coin, a coin with a value for an understanding of civilizations, global growth and cultural exchange as well as environmental sustainability, health and wealth distribution. Some concepts to be reviewed have been developed to frame the convergence of technology and institution in the sense that material expressions and social order are co-constructed or co-produced.

Keywords: change; conservative invention; disruptive invention; incremental invention; institution; institutional lag; radical invention; technology (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2015
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DOI: 10.1057/9781137547125_2

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