Book contents
- Science, Technology, and Society
- Science, Technology, and Society
- Copyright page
- Dedication
- Contents
- Figures
- Tables
- Contributors
- Acknowledgments
- Prologue
- Chapter 1 Technically Based Programs in Science, Technology, and Public Policy
- Chapter 2 Comparative Studies of Science and Technology
- Chapter 3 On the Origins of Models of Innovation
- Chapter 4 The Third Wave of Science Studies
- Chapter 5 Legal Regulation of Technology
- Chapter 6 The Social Shaping of Technology (SST)
- Chapter 7 Placing Users and Nonusers at the Heart of Technology
- Chapter 8 Scientific Community
- Chapter 9 Genetic Engineering and Society
- Chapter 10 Technology Enables and Reduces Sex Differences in Society
- Chapter 11 Technology for Society
- Index
- References
Chapter 3 - On the Origins of Models of Innovation
Process and System Approaches
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Book contents
- Science, Technology, and Society
- Science, Technology, and Society
- Copyright page
- Dedication
- Contents
- Figures
- Tables
- Contributors
- Acknowledgments
- Prologue
- Chapter 1 Technically Based Programs in Science, Technology, and Public Policy
- Chapter 2 Comparative Studies of Science and Technology
- Chapter 3 On the Origins of Models of Innovation
- Chapter 4 The Third Wave of Science Studies
- Chapter 5 Legal Regulation of Technology
- Chapter 6 The Social Shaping of Technology (SST)
- Chapter 7 Placing Users and Nonusers at the Heart of Technology
- Chapter 8 Scientific Community
- Chapter 9 Genetic Engineering and Society
- Chapter 10 Technology Enables and Reduces Sex Differences in Society
- Chapter 11 Technology for Society
- Index
- References
Summary
The concept of innovation goes back to ancient Greece (Godin, 2015). The concept of technological innovation is more recent. The term emerged after World War II (see Figure 3.1), with a few exceptions before then (e.g., Hansen, 1932; Kuznets, 1929, p. 540; Schumpeter, 1939, p. 289; Stern, 1927, 1937; Veblen, 1915/2006, 118, 128–129). Societies were seen as changing at a faster rate than before, hence the study – and concepts – of economic change, social change, organizational change (and planned change), and technological change. The question was, How can people contribute to this change? That is, how do people accelerate it (or reduce the lag or gap between invention and its application)? How do people direct and orient change toward desired goals? Technological innovation is the answer. Theorists began to study technological innovation as a phenomenon to be understood and provided strategies to firms and policies to governments.
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