| Description |
1 online resource (287 pages) |
| Series |
Routledge Studies in Technology, Work and Organizations |
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Routledge studies in technology, work and organizations.
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| Contents |
Part II Understanding the Systemic Nature of Innovation5. Accelerating the Innovation Race: Do We Need Reflexive Brakes?; 6. Innovation and the Global Financial Crisis: Systemic Consequences of Incompetence; 7. Weak Signals for Opting Out of the Innovation Race; Part III Exploring Unintended Consequences of Innovation; 8. Do Major Innovation Models Consider Unintended Consequences? A Review and Revised Framework; 9. From Autonomous Craftsmen to Compliant Resources: Implications for Undesirable Consequences of Innovation; 10. Organizational Innovations: An Exploratory Study of Negative Effects |
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11. Information and Communication Technology as an Exporter of CO2 Emissions12. Challenging the Innovation Paradigm: Conclusions, Practical Implications, and Future Research; Contributors; Author Index; Subject Index |
| Summary |
Innovation is almost always seen as a ""good thing"". Challenging the Innovation Paradigm is a critical analysis of the innovation frenzy and contemporary innovation research. The one-sided focus on desirable effects of innovation misses many opportunities to reduce the undesirable consequences. Authors in this book show how systemic effects outside the innovating firms reduce the net benefits of innovation for individual employees, customers, as well as for society as a whole - also the innovators' own organizations.This book analyzes the dominant discourses that construct |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Subject |
Technological innovations -- Economic aspects
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Diffusion of innovations.
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Research, Industrial.
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Diffusion of innovations.
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Research, Industrial.
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Technological innovations -- Economic aspects.
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Gripenberg, Pernilla
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Segercrantz, Beata
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| ISBN |
9780203120972 |
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0203120973 |
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