Craftsman – The Innovative Craftsman: A Historically Permanent Socio-economic Function

Claude Fournier, Sophie Boutillier () and Claude Fournier
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Sophie Boutillier: ISI - Centre de recherche sur l’Innovation et les Stratégies Industrielles - ULCO - Université du Littoral Côte d'Opale

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Abstract: This chapter shows how the role of the craftsman has evolved over the course of history and the active role they played in the production of scientific and technical knowledge. It explains how this situation has evolved with industrialization, without fundamentally questioning the craftsman's role as an innovator. The craftsman's workshop was a true social space in which individuals with varied and complementary knowledge interacted. Craft innovation may correspond to a strategy of differentiation in markets dominated by large department stores or to a strategy of product and service diversification in markets dominated by major brands. Craft innovation is generally understood as a combination of tradition and modernity. The knowledge used by today's craftsmen is far removed from ancient knowledge.

Keywords: craft entrepreneur; socioeconomic analysis; economic history (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2021
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Published in Uzunidis, Dimitri; Kasmi, Fedoua; Adatto, Laurent. Innovation Economics, Engineering and Management Handbook 2 : Special Themes, ISTE Editions; Wiley, pp.101-107, 2021, 9781786307019

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