Managing Technological Discontinuities : The Case of the Finnish Paper Industry

by Laurila, Juha

• ISBN13: 9780203450314
• ISBN10: 0203450310
• Copyright: 2002-05-03
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis

Summary

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.

Table of Contents

Preface	p. xi
Acknowledgements	p. xiii
Introduction	p. 1
Management and Technological Discontinuities	p. 11
Mobilisation of Managerial Actors for Discontinuous Change	p. 24
The Research Process	p. 42
Overview of the Technological Discontinuity in Focus	p. 57
The Actor Perspective to the Discontinuity	p. 76
Building a Contextual Explanatory Framework for Technological Discontinuities	p. 111
Further Challenges in the Study of Managing Technological Discontinuities	p. 131
Notes	p. 144
References	p. 148
Index	p. 163
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