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1 online resource (183 pages)
Ausgabe:
1st ed.
Ausgabe:
2009 Electronic reproduction; Available via World Wide Web
ISBN:
9780203450314
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0415178533
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0203450310
Serie:
The management of technology and innovation
Inhalt:
Cover -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Dedication -- Table of Contents -- List of illustrations -- Preface -- Acknowledgements -- 1 Introduction -- Some theoretical background -- Research design -- The contribution of the present study -- The outline of the book -- 2 Management and technological discontinuities -- Technology as an outcome of managerial action -- The nature of managerial subdivisions -- Technological discontinuities as a managerial challenge -- 3 Mobilisation of managerial actors for discontinuous change -- Paths forward in the conceptualisation of management mobilisation -- Conclusions -- 4 The research process -- The relevance of the Finnish paper industry for the study of managing technological discontinuities -- The argument for a longitudinal single case study -- Research access and evidence obtained -- Managing the interview process -- 5 Overview of the technological discontinuity in focus -- The Tampella paper mill before the discontinuity -- The content of the discontinuity: introducing new products and production technologies -- The implementation of the discontinuity -- Conclusions -- 6 The actor perspective to the discontinuity: how did management become mobilised? -- Characterisation of the managerial actors involved in the discontinuity -- Mobilisation of managerial actors: the discontinuity as a response to divergent managerial and personal objectives -- The decline of mobilisation: the discontinuity as a threat to the actors' objectives -- Triggers for and obstacles to mobilisation for technological discontinuities -- 7 Building a contextual explanatory framework for technological discontinuities -- Developing capabilities through technological discontinuities -- Changes in the corporate resource base -- Changes in the corporate business environment.
Inhalt:
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.
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Print version Managing Technological Discontinuities : The Case of the Finnish Paper Industry
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Englisch
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