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

Innovation by demand : an interdisciplinary approach to the study of demand and its role in innovation / edited by Andrew McMeekin [and others]. - 1 online resource (214 pages) : illustrations - - New dynamics of innovation and competition . - New dynamics of innovation and competition. .

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Innovation by demand?: an introduction / Social mechanisms generating demand: a review and manifesto / There's more to the economics of consumption than (almost) unconstrained utility maximisation / Variety, growth and demand / Preferences and novelty: a multidisciplinary perspective / Social routines and the consumption of food / Social categorisation and group identification: how African-Americans shape their collective identity through consumption / Hyperembedded demand and uneven innovation: female labour in a male-dominated service industry / Greening organisations: purchasing, consumption and innovation / Information communication technologies and the role of consumers in innovation / The incorporation of user needs in telecom product design / Markets, supermarkets and the macro-social shaping of demand: an instituted economic process approach / Andrew McMeekin, Ken Green, Mark Tomlinson and Vivien Walsh -- Alan Warde -- G.M. Peter Swann -- Pier Paolo Saviotti -- Wilhelm Ruprecht -- Mark Tomlinson and Andrew McMeekin -- Virág Molnár and Michèle Lamont -- Bonnie H. Erickson -- Ken Green, Barbara Morton and Steve New -- Leslie Haddon -- Vivien Walsh, Carole Cohen and Albert Richards -- Mark Harvey.

This work is licensed under the following Creative Commons License: Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 3.0 Unported (CC BY-NC-ND 3.0). Open Access

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.


English.

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Consumption (Economics)
Consumption (Economics)--Sociological aspects.
Demand (Economic theory)
Diffusion of innovations.
Supply and demand.
Economics, finance, business and management.
Economics.
Economic theory and philosophy.
TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING--Industrial Technology.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS--Economics--Theory.
Consumption (Economics)
Demand (Economic theory)
Diffusion of innovations.
Supply and demand.
Nachfrage
Innovation
Aufsatzsammlung
Vernieuwing.
Consumptieve vraag.
Sociaal-economische aspecten.

Multi-User.


Electronic book.
Electronic books.
Electronic books.

HB801 / .I56 2002eb

338.064