Managing Technological Discontinuities : The Case of the Finnish Paper Industry

Laurila, Juha

Routledge（2016/04発売）

• 製本 Paperback:紙装版/ペーパーバック版／ページ数 192 p.
• 言語 ENG
• 商品コード 9781138995581
• DDC分類 338.454068

Full Description

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.

Contents

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;