Overview

"Industrial transformation is a research and teaching field with a focus on the phenomenon and mechanisms of industrial development and renewal. It concerns changes in economic activities caused by innovation, competition and collaboration, and has a rich heritage of evolutionary economics, institutional economics, industrial dynamics, technology history and innovation studies. It borrows concepts and models from the social sciences (sociology, history, political sciences, business/management, economics, behavioural sciences) and also from technology and engineering studies. In this book, the authors present the key theories, frameworks and concepts of industrial transformation and use empirical cases to describe and explain the causes, processes and outcomes of transformation in the context of digitalization and sustainability. They stress that industrial transformation consists both of Darwinian ""survival of the fittest"" selection, and of intentional pursuits of innovation, and of industrial capabilities creation. The work argues that managing the global trends of transformation is not only about new technology and innovation: existing institutional settings and dynamic interactions between technological change, organizational adaptation and economic activities also have a profound impact on future trajectories. The areas under investigation are of great relevance for strategic management decisions and industrial and technology policies, and understanding the mechanisms underlying transformation and sustainable growth."

Full Product Details

Author:   Vicky Xiaoyan Long (Stockholm Business School, Stockholm University, Sweden) ,  Magnus Holmén (Chalmers University of Technology, Sweden)
Publisher:   Taylor & Francis Ltd
Imprint:   Routledge
Weight:   0.453kg
ISBN:  

9781138390034

ISBN 10:   1138390038
Pages:   252
Publication Date:   19 August 2021
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Tertiary & Higher Education ,  Undergraduate
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print  
This item will be ordered in for you from one of our suppliers. Upon receipt, we will promptly dispatch it out to you. For in store availability, please contact us.

Table of Contents

(1) Why this book? (2) What do we know about industrial transformation? (3) How digital platforms transform industries (4) Digital transformation of the Home Help Service sector through welfare technology (5) Doing more by knowing less: The evolution of the division of innovative labour in software creation (6) Rags to riches: digitalization and the transformation of the Icelandic film industry (7) What prevents Machine Learning from transforming industries? (8) “Own it” or “share it”: Transformations of regulatory and community norms in the Swedish housing market (9) Industrial Transformation in the Anthropocene (10) Is the oil and natural gas industry transforming? Evidence from the offshore Arctic (11) The industrial transformation of the Swedish heat pump sector (12) Conclusions

Reviews

Author Information

Vicky Long is an Assistant Professor at the Centre for Innovation, Entrepreneurship and Learning (CIEL) research, Halmstad University, Sweden, and an Associated Researcher at the Ratio Institute. Her current research centres on the digital transformation of Intellectual Property Rights-related appropriability regimes. Magnus Holmén is a Professor in Innovation Sciences at Halmstad University, Sweden, where he is the Research Director of the Centre for Innovation, Entrepreneurship and Learning (CIEL) research. His current research interests include innovation processes, business model innovation, industrial transformation and digitalization.

Tab Content 6

Author Website:  

Customer Reviews

Recent Reviews

No review item found!

Add your own review!

Countries Available

All regions