Keeping Steady as She Goes: A Negotiated Order Perspective on Technological Evolution
Abstract
A central idea in the theory of technology cycles is that social and political mechanisms are most important during the selection of a dominant design, and that eras of incremental change are socially uninteresting periods in which innovation is driven by technological momentum and elaboration of the dominant design. In this essay, we overturn the ontological assumption that social order is inherently stable, drawing on Anselm Strauss’s concept...
Paper Details
Title
Keeping Steady as She Goes: A Negotiated Order Perspective on Technological Evolution
Published Date
May 1, 2012
Journal
Volume
33
Issue
5-6
Pages
681 - 703
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