Networks of Innovation: Change and Meaning in the Age of the Internet / Edition 1

by Ilkka Tuomi

Overview

This volume takes an approach that is different from your standard internet-related books. The primary focus is the theory of Open Source Innovation. This is the open, collective interactive mode of innovation that involves little conventional economic transaction. This book goes from an analysis of the early phases of internet development to its importance today.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780199256983
Publisher:	Oxford University Press
Publication date:	01/23/2003
Edition description:	New Edition
Pages:	264
Product dimensions:	9.20(w) x 6.30(h) x 0.90(d)

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Table of Contents

List of FiguresList of Tables1. Introduction2. Innovation as Multifocal Development of Social Practice3. Inventing the Web4. The Making of the Internet5. Analysis of the Early Phase of Internet Development6. Socio-Cognitive Spaces of Innovation and Meaning Creation7. Breaking through a Technological Frame8. Combination and Specialization in the Evolution of the Internet9. Retrospection and Attribution in the History of Arpanet and the Internet10. Learning from Linux11. Concluding RemarksReferencesName IndexSubject Index

Editorial Reviews

"[Tuomi] traces the history of innovation achieved through the Internet, balancing general conceptual arguments and detailed in-depth case studies."—SciTech Book News

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