Institutional analysis of technical innovation: a review

Abstract: Different sub–disciplines of the social sciences analyse the evolution and diffusion of technical innovations from an institutional perspective. Important contributions are provided by socio–economic studies of national systems of innovation, by politico–economic research on the varieties of capitalism, and by the sociology of technology. These studies often start from rather simple distinctions between types of technical innovations (e.g., radical versus incremental) which they usually do not elaborate on. Such "black–boxing" of technology by and large facilitates detecting generalizable relations between institutional constellations and technical innovations. But a more sophisticated analysis of the relationship between institutions and technical innovations needs more precise concepts of both technology and institutions, and it must dismiss the prevailing institutional determinism. Processes of technical and institutional innovations are characterised by co–evolution, interactio

Object Details

• Alternative title: Institutionelle Analyse technischer Innovation
• Location: Deutsche Nationalbibliothek Frankfurt am Main
• Extent: Online-Ressource, 32 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. 2011-04

Classification and Topics

• Classification: Wirtschaft

Contributors, Places and Time

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

Further information

• URN: urn:nbn:de:0168-ssoar-254874
• Rights: Open Access; Open Access; Der Zugriff auf das Objekt ist unbeschränkt möglich.
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