Conceptualizing technological change : theoretical and empirical explorations / Govindan Parayil.

By:

Parayil, Govindan, 1955- [author.]

Material type: Text

text

Media type:

unmediated

Carrier type:

volume

ISBN:

0847695204
9780847695201

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Additional physical formats: Online version:: Conceptualizing technological change.; Online version:: Conceptualizing technological change.DDC classification:

303.483 21

LOC classification:

T14.5 .P37 1999

Contents:

Ch. 1. Introduction -- Ch. 2. Historical Models -- Ch. 3. Sociological Models -- Ch. 4. Economic Models -- Ch. 5. Neo-Schumpeterian Evolutionary Models -- Ch. 6. Technological Change as Problem Solving -- Ch. 7. Contingency and Practical Reflexivity -- Ch. 8. Competing Models and Their Explanatory Power -- Ch. 9. Technological Change as Knowledge Change: Toward a Syncretic Theory of Technological Change.

Review: "In this book, Parayil draws together current scholarship from disciplines ranging from history to economics to sociology as he develops a cohesive theory of technological change. Drawing on a detailed case study of the Green Revolution in Indian agriculture, Parayil convincingly argues that technological change is contingent upon the social-historical process of knowledge change. Thus, he explores the policy implications of analyzing technological change as a problem-solving activity. This book will also be valuable for those interested in such practical applications as understanding the process of technology transfer."--Jacket.

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Includes bibliographical references and index.

"In this book, Parayil draws together current scholarship from disciplines ranging from history to economics to sociology as he develops a cohesive theory of technological change. Drawing on a detailed case study of the Green Revolution in Indian agriculture, Parayil convincingly argues that technological change is contingent upon the social-historical process of knowledge change. Thus, he explores the policy implications of analyzing technological change as a problem-solving activity. This book will also be valuable for those interested in such practical applications as understanding the process of technology transfer."--Jacket.

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