Technological Innovation and Economic Transformation A Method for Co
Society, in its quest for order in an inherently chaotic natural setting, tends to think about technological innovation much too narrowly. Innovation is necessary for economic growth, yet this narrow attitude limits its possibilities and focuses on achiev
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Technological Innovation and Economic Transformation A Method for Contextual Analysis Heidi Gautschi and David Gautschi
TECHNOLOGICAL INNOVATION AND ECONOMIC TRANSFORMATION
Copyright © Heidi Gautschi and David Gautschi 2016
Softcover reprint of the hardcover 1st edition 2016 978-1-137-54868-9 All rights reserved. No reproduction, copy or transmission of this publication may be made without written permission. No portion of this publication may be reproduced, copied or transmitted save with written permission. In accordance with the provisions of the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988, or under the terms of any licence permitting limited copying issued by the Copyright Licensing Agency, Saffron House, 6-10 Kirby Street, London EC1N 8TS. Any person who does any unauthorized act in relation to this publication may be liable to criminal prosecution and civil claims for damages. First published 2016 by PALGRAVE MACMILLAN The authors have asserted their rights to be identified as the authors of this work in accordance with the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988. Palgrave Macmillan in the UK is an imprint of Macmillan Publishers Limited, registered in England, company number 785998, of Houndmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire, RG21 6XS. Palgrave Macmillan in the US is a division of Nature America, Inc., One New York Plaza, Suite 4500, New York, NY 10004-1562. Palgrave Macmillan is the global academic imprint of the above companies and has companies and representatives throughout the world. ISBN 978–1–349–71485–8 E-PDF ISBN: 978–1–137–57736–8 DOI: 10.1057/9781137577368 Distribution in the UK, Europe and the rest of the world is by Palgrave Macmillan®, a division of Macmillan Publishers Limited, registered in England, company number 785998, of Houndmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire RG21 6XS. Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Gautschi, Heidi, 1972– Technological innovation and economic transformation : a method for contextual analysis / Heidi Gautschi, David Gautschi. pages cm Includes bibliographical references and index. ISBN 978–1–137–54868–9 (alk. paper) 1. Economic growth—Technological innovations. 2. Information technology—Economic aspects. I. Gautschi, David A. II. Title. HD82.G278 2016 338⬘.064—dc23
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Contents
List of Figures
vii
List of Tables
ix
Preface
xi
Acknowledgments
xvii
Chapter 1 Old Innovations, Ironies, and Crimes against Reason 1 Chapter 2 A Framework for Assessing the Influence of Technological Innovation
17
Chapter 3 Concepts: Application of the SIP to the Two Illustrations
45
Chapter 4 How Did We Get to Here? The Role of the State in Fostering Context
77
Chapter 5 What Contexts Could Be?
121
Chapter 6 Concluding Thoughts
157
Notes
163
Bibliography
179
Index
189
Figures
2.1 The Star in the Pentagon (SIP) functionalism embedded in realism 3.1 The automobile context circa 1914 3.2 Context change from market system change circa 1907 3.3 Automobile innovation context circa 192
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