Managing Technological Discontinuities

The Case of the Finnish Paper Industry
1. Auflage 1998
ISBN: 978-0-415-17853-2
Verlag: Routledge

Buch, Englisch, 192 Seiten, Format (B × H): 157 mm x 235 mm, Gewicht: 426 g

Usually firms introduce new technology in an incremental way, wisely seeking to minimise the adverse effects which business and employees might face. However, this is not always the case. Sometimes technological discontinuities occur when radically different technological systems and working practices are implemented, with the possibility of widespread disruption and conflict. This book looks at this topical issue through the experiences of the international giants of the Finnish paper industry - an industry at the cutting edge of fundamental technological innovation.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Laurila, Juha

Fachgebiete

• Technische Wissenschaften Verfahrenstechnik | Chemieingenieurwesen | Biotechnologie Technologie der Papierverarbeitung und Zellstoffverarbeitung
• Wirtschaftswissenschaften Wirtschaftswissenschaften Literatur für Manager
• Wirtschaftswissenschaften Betriebswirtschaft Management

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Chapter 1 Introduction; Chapter 2 Management and technological discontinuities; Chapter 3 Mobilisation of managerial actors for discontinuous change; Chapter 4 The research process; Chapter 5 Overview of the technological discontinuity in focus; Chapter 6 The actor perspective to the discontinuity; Chapter 7 Building a contextual explanatory framework for technological discontinuities; Chapter 8 Further challenges in the study of managing technological discontinuities;

Über Autor(innen)

A senior lecturer at the Helsinki School of Economics, Finland. He has recently finished a three-year research project on management of technology funded by the Academy of Finland. His recent publications include articles in such scholarly journals as Journal of Management Studies, The International Journal of Human Resource Management and Scandinavian Journal of Management.