Innovation by demand : : an interdisciplinary approach to the study of demand and its role in innovation /

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Sociologists and economists are increasingly interested in understanding the patterns and drivers of technological innovation. This book brings together a range of experts to study the role of demand and consumption in the innovative process, including case studies to illustrate the issues raised.

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Superior document:New dynamics of innovation and competition
TeilnehmendeR:
McMeekin, Andrew.
Year of Publication:2002
Edition:1st ed.
Language:English
Series:New dynamics of innovation and competition.
Physical Description:1 online resource (214 pages) :; charts, tables; digital file(s).
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  • Description based upon print version of record.
  • First published: 2002.
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Table of Contents:
  • 1. Innovation by demand? An introduction / Andrew McMeekin, Ken Green, Mark Tomlinson and Vivien Walsh
  • 2. Social mechanisms generating demand: a review and manifesto / Alan Warde
  • 3. There's more to the economics of consumption than (almost) unconstrained utility maximisation / G. M. Peter Swann
  • 4. Variety, growth and demand / Pier Paolo Saviotti
  • 5. Preferences and novelty: a multidisciplinary perspective / Wilhelm Ruprecht
  • 6. Social routines and the consumption of food / Mark Tomlinson and Andrew McMeekin
  • 7. Social categorisation and group identification: how African Americans shape their collective identity through consumption / Virág Molnár and Michèle Lamont
  • 8. Hyperembedded demand and uneven innovation: female labour in a male-dominated service industry / Bonnie H. Erickson
  • 9. Greening organisations: purchasing, consumption and innovation / Ken Green, Barbara Morton and Steve New
  • 10. Information and communication technologies and the role of consumers in innovation / Leslie Haddon
  • 11. The incorporation of user needs in telecom product design / Vivien Walsh, Carole Cohen and Albert Richards
  • 12. Markets, supermarkets and the macro-social shaping of demand: an instituted economic process approach / Mark Harvey
  • Index.

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