Technological Paradigms, Sailing-Ship Effect, Presumptive Anomaly: A Neo-Schumpeterian Conceptual Trilogy

Nicola De Liso ()
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Nicola De Liso: University of Salento, Department of Law—Economics Division

A chapter in Schumpeterian Legacy in Modern Times, 2026, pp 123-137 from Springer

Abstract: Abstract In this work I review the three concepts of technological paradigm, sailing-ship effect and presumptive anomaly. The first concept is almost universally acknowledged, while the second and the third have a niche audience, and this is why I bring them to the fore. Taken together, the concepts explain: first, what structural knowledge and concrete components of a technology are; second, why an ‘old’ incumbent technology may experience a new lease of life when threatened by a new technology through a specific kind of response, i.e. the sailing-ship effect; and third, contrary with respect to the previous case, why an alternative to a perfectly working and improvable technology may be sought.

Date: 2026
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DOI: 10.1007/978-3-032-26294-3_8

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