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Men machines and modern times
Includes index."Originally published in 1966 by the MIT Press. Reprinted with corrections.""People have had trouble adapting to new technology ever since (perhaps) the inventor of the wheel had to explain that a wheelbarrow could carry more than a person. This little book by a celebrated MIT professor -- the fiftieth anniversary edition of a classic -- describes how we learn to live and work wi…
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- 50th anniversary edition.
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- 9780262336574
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- 1 online resource (xxv, 312 pages) :illustrations
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Models of innovation the history of an idea
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- 9780262338806
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- 1 online resource (324 pages) :illustrations.
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What do science technology and innovation mean from Africa
Clapperton Mavhunga's collection of essays about science, technology, and innovation (STI) from an African perspective opens with the idea, "Things do not (always) mean the same from everywhere; when we insist that only?our? meaning is the meaning, we silence other people?s meanings." Mavhunga and his contributors argue that our contemporary definitions of STI are those of countries and culture…
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- 9780262342322
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- 1 online resource (xiv, 241 pages) :illustrations, maps
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Making in America : from innovation to market
"America is the world leader in innovation, but many of the innovative ideas that are hatched in American start-ups, labs, and companies end up going abroad to reach commercial scale. Apple, the superstar of innovation, locates its production in China (yet still reaps most of its profits in the United States). When innovation does not find the capital, skills, and expertise it needs to come to …
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- 9780262316835
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- 1 online resource (xiv, 250 pages) :illustrations, maps
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Reforming Rules and Regulations: Laws, Institutions, and Implementation
Contributors examine how regulatory & institutional environments affect the functioning of markets & propose reforms, arguing that quantitative methods should be used to guide policy & to reform rules & regulations. These essays offer methodologies for the assessment of policy alternatives.OCLC-licensed vendor bibliographic record.
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- 9780262289412
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- 1 online resource (x, 316 pages) :illustrations, maps.
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Shifting practices reflections on technology practice and innovation
What happens in an established practice or work setting when a novel artifact or tool for doing work changes the familiar work routines? Any unexpected event, or change, or technological innovation creates a discontinuity; organizations and individuals must reframe taken-for-granted assumptions and practices and reposition themselves. To study innovation as a phenomenon, then, we must search fo…
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- 9780262332309
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- 1 online resource (xiii, 287 pages).
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The inversion factor :how to thrive in the IoT economy
Why companies need to move away from a ""product first"" orientation to pursuing innovation based on customer need.OCLC-licensed vendor bibliographic record.
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- 9780262344937
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- 1 online resource (232 pages) :illustrations.
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Does America need more innovators
A critical exploration of today's global imperative to innovate, by champions, critics, and reformers of innovation. Corporate executives, politicians, and school board leaders agree--Americans must innovate. Innovation experts fuel this demand with books and services that instruct aspiring innovators in best practices, personal habits, and workplace cultures for fostering innovation. But criti…
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- 9780262352598
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- 1 online resource (410 pages).
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On the brink of Utopia :reinventing innovation to solve the world's largest p…
"The book offers a framework for how to make innovation leaps more likely - and shows how radically improved technology can help solve the major challenges the world currently faces"--OCLC-licensed vendor bibliographic record.
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- 9780262376259
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The evolution of techniques :rigidity and flexibility in use, transmission, a…
A novel, interdisciplinary exploration of the relative contributions of rigidity and flexibility in the adoption, maintenance, and evolution of technical traditions. Techniques can either be used in rigid, stereotypical ways or in flexibly adaptive ways, or in some combination of the two. The Evolution of Techniques , edited by Mathieu Charbonneau, addresses the impacts of both flexibility and …
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- 9780262378390
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