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Managing technological discontinuities : the case of the Finnish paper industry / Juha Laurila.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Laurila, Juha.
- Series:
- The management of technology and innovation
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Paper industry--Technological innovations--Finland.
- Paper industry.
- Technological innovations--Management.
- Technological innovations.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (183 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- London ; New York : Routledge, 1998.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- This volume describes how conflicting managerial actors become mobilized to co-operate in situations of discontinuous technological change. These ideas are explored through an in-depth study of the Finnish paper industry.
- Contents:
- Book Cover; Title; Contents; List of illustrations; Preface; Acknowledgements; Introduction; Management and technological discontinuities; Mobilisation of managerial actors for discontinuous change; The research process; Overview of the technological discontinuity in focus; The actor perspective to the discontinuity: how did management become mobilised?; Building a contextual explanatory framework for technological discontinuities; Further challenges in the study of managing technological discontinuities; Notes; References; Index
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references (p.148-162).
- Description based on metadata supplied by the publisher and other sources.
- ISBN:
- 1-134-68372-3
- 1-134-68373-1
- 1-280-31888-0
- 0-203-45031-0
- 9780203450314
- OCLC:
- 277846419
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