Managing Technological Discontinuities: The Case of the Finnish Paper Industry

by Juha Laurila

Overview

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.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780415178532
Publisher:	Taylor & Francis
Publication date:	09/10/1998
Series:	Routledge Studies in the Management of Technology and Innovation Series
Pages:	192
Product dimensions:	6.00(w) x 9.00(h) x (d)
Lexile:	1390L (what's this?)

About the Author

A senior lecturer at the Helsinki School of Economics, Finland. He has recently finished a three-year research project on management of technology funded by the Academy of Finland. His recent publications include articles in such scholarly journals as Journal of Management Studies, The International Journal of Human Resource Management and Scandinavian Journal of Management.

Table of Contents

Chapter 1 Introduction; Chapter 2 Management and technological discontinuities; Chapter 3 Mobilisation of managerial actors for discontinuous change; Chapter 4 The research process; Chapter 5 Overview of the technological discontinuity in focus; Chapter 6 The actor perspective to the discontinuity; Chapter 7 Building a contextual explanatory framework for technological discontinuities; Chapter 8 Further challenges in the study of managing technological discontinuities;