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Autore |
McMeekin Andrew |
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Titolo |
Innovation by demand : an interdisciplinary approach to the study of demand and its role in innovation / / edited by Andrew McMeekin ... [et al.] |
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Manchester ; ; New York, : Manchester University Press, : Distributed exclusively in the USA by Palgrave, 2002 |
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Manchester : , : Manchester University Press, , [2018] |
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©2002 |
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ISBN |
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1-84779-552-8 |
1-5261-3744-5 |
1-78170-027-3 |
1-84779-052-6 |
1-4175-9053-X |
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Edizione |
[1st ed.] |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (214 pages) : charts, tables; digital file(s) |
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Collana |
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New dynamics of innovation and competition |
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Altri autori (Persone) |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Consumption (Economics) |
Consumption (Economics) - Sociological aspects |
Demand (Economic theory) |
Diffusion of innovations |
Supply and demand |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
First published: 2002. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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1. Innovation by demand? An introduction / Andrew McMeekin, Ken Green, Mark Tomlinson and Vivien Walsh -- 2. Social mechanisms generating demand: a review and manifesto / Alan Warde -- 3. There's more to the economics of consumption than (almost) unconstrained utility maximisation / G. M. Peter Swann -- 4. Variety, growth and demand / Pier Paolo Saviotti -- 5. Preferences and novelty: a multidisciplinary perspective / Wilhelm Ruprecht -- 6. Social routines and the consumption of food / Mark Tomlinson and Andrew McMeekin -- 7. Social categorisation and group identification: how African |
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Americans shape their collective identity through consumption / Virág Molnár and Michèle Lamont -- 8. Hyperembedded demand and uneven innovation: female labour in a male-dominated service industry / Bonnie H. Erickson -- 9. Greening organisations: purchasing, consumption and innovation / Ken Green, Barbara Morton and Steve New -- 10. Information and communication technologies and the role of consumers in innovation / Leslie Haddon -- 11. The incorporation of user needs in telecom product design / Vivien Walsh, Carole Cohen and Albert Richards -- 12. Markets, supermarkets and the macro-social shaping of demand: an instituted economic process approach / Mark Harvey -- Index. |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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Sociologists and economists are increasingly interested in understanding the patterns and drivers of technological innovation. This book brings together a range of experts to study the role of demand and consumption in the innovative process, including case studies to illustrate the issues raised. |
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