Explaining Technical Change
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Explaining Technical Change is a scholarly work by Jon Elster that analyzes how and why technological innovations emerge and spread, using tools from rational choice theory and social science.
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| Explaining Technical Change canonical | 1 |
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book
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scholarly work ⓘ |
| aimsTo |
explain how technological innovations arise
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explain why technological innovations spread ⓘ integrate rational choice and empirical studies of technology ⓘ |
| author | Jon Elster NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| contribution |
analysis of mechanisms behind innovation diffusion
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application of rational choice theory to technological change ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | Norway ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork |
rational choice theory
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social science ⓘ |
| focusesOn |
emergence of new technologies
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incentives for innovation ⓘ institutional constraints on innovation ⓘ social mechanisms of diffusion ⓘ spread of new technologies ⓘ |
| genre | academic non-fiction ⓘ |
| hasAcademicDiscipline |
economics
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science and technology studies ⓘ sociology ⓘ |
| hasPart |
case studies of technological change
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theoretical analysis of innovation ⓘ |
| influencedBy |
economic theory of innovation
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game theory ⓘ sociology of science and technology ⓘ |
| languageOfWork | English ⓘ |
| mainTopic |
diffusion of innovation
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technological change ⓘ technological innovation ⓘ |
| theoreticalFramework |
methodological individualism
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microfoundations of social explanation ⓘ rational choice theory ⓘ |
| usesMethod |
comparative analysis
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rational choice modeling ⓘ |
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