TY - CHAP
T1 - A framework for understanding technological change
T2 - Lessons from information technology, 1868-1997
AU - Cortada, James W.
PY - 2000
Y1 - 2000
N2 - The chapter proposes a three step framework to assist in the study of technological change in historical terms, using one class of technology, computational devices and computers, to illustrate the approach. Step one explores the economic dynamics of computing to demonstrate the value of studying a specified technology to gain insights about other forms of technologies. Second step attempts an understanding of users and historians respond to the issue of change. Finally, a framework for studying the role of change in technology is presented. Many examples are drawn from different periods in the modern history of information processing.
AB - The chapter proposes a three step framework to assist in the study of technological change in historical terms, using one class of technology, computational devices and computers, to illustrate the approach. Step one explores the economic dynamics of computing to demonstrate the value of studying a specified technology to gain insights about other forms of technologies. Second step attempts an understanding of users and historians respond to the issue of change. Finally, a framework for studying the role of change in technology is presented. Many examples are drawn from different periods in the modern history of information processing.
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M3 - Chapter
AN - SCOPUS:35448983668
SN - 0762306890
SN - 9780762306893
T3 - Advances in the Study of Entrepreneurship, Innovation, and Economic Growth
SP - 47
EP - 92
BT - Entrepreneurship and economic growth in the American economy
PB - JAI Press
ER -
