Radical change as gradual transformation: characteristics and variants of socio-technical transitions

Abstract: Processes of socio-technical change that are triggered by new technological opportunities do not occur as radical fractures over short periods of time, subsequently leading to new periods of technological, institutional and organizational continuity. What appears - after ten, twenty, or thirty years - to be radical socio-technical change is in fact the result of longer search and restructuring processes, which are influenced by a number of related technological and socio-economic changes. Once these changes accumulate, they then lead to substantial adjustments within the technological, institutional and (inter-)organizational foundations of a society, the economy, or within a sector. How can an analysis of such processes of radical as well as gradual change be performed? What mechanisms are involved in their occurrence, which patterns do they follow and what variations do they assume? Against the background of technology-induced change within economic sectors, this paper develops a

Object Details

• Location: Deutsche Nationalbibliothek Frankfurt am Main
• Extent: Online-Ressource, 35 S.
• Language: Englisch
• Notes: Veröffentlichungsversion ; nicht begutachtet

References and Relationships

• Bibliographic citation: Research contributions to organizational sociology and innovation studies / Stuttgarter Beiträge zur Organisations- und Innovationssoziologie : SOI discussion paper ; Bd. 2011-03

Classification and Topics

• Keyword: Sektoraler Strukturwandel ; Techniksoziologie ; Restrukturierung

Contributors, Places and Time

• Event: Veröffentlichung
• (where): Stuttgart
• (when): 2011
• Creator: Dolata, Ulrich
• Contributor: Universität Stuttgart, Fak. 10 Wirtschafts- und Sozialwissenschaften, Institut für Sozialwissenschaften Abt. VI Organisations- und Innovationssoziologie

Further information

• URN: urn:nbn:de:0168-ssoar-250191
• Rights: Open Access; Open Access; Der Zugriff auf das Objekt ist unbeschränkt möglich.
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