Networks of Innovation: Change and Meaning in the Age of the Internet [Hardcover]

Ilkka Tuomi (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: January 23, 2003 | ISBN-10: 0199256985 | ISBN-13: 978-0199256983

Integrating concepts from multiple theoretical disciplines and detailed analyses of the evolution of Internet-related innovations (including computer networking, the World Wide Web and the Linux open source operating system), this book develops foundations for a new theoretical and practical understanding of innovation. It covers topics ranging from fashion to history of art, and includes the most detailed analysis of the open source development model so far published.

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

About the Author

Ilkka Tuomi worked from 1987 to 2001 at Nokia Research Center in various positions, most recently as Principal Scientist, Information Society and Knowledge Management. From June 1999 to December 2000, he was Visiting Scholar at the University of California, Berkeley. He is currently Visiting Scientist at the European Joint Research Centre, Institute for Prospective Technological Studies, Seville.

Product Details

• Hardcover: 264 pages
• Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA (January 23, 2003)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0199256985
• ISBN-13: 978-0199256983
• Product Dimensions: 9.7 x 6.4 x 0.8 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.2 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #3,077,705 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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4.0 out of 5 stars Innovation viewed through a social lens, January 27, 2008

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This review is from: Networks of Innovation: Change and Meaning in the Age of the Internet (Hardcover)

A short book, written from the perspective of a research interested in the links between "Technology" and "Society". To me the book was worth reading if only for its focus on two insights.

a) Innovation is about social change. A new product, a new technology, that does not provoke changes of behaviour will end up just being a foot note in some academic record. Socially irrelevant.

b) Radical innovations tend to appear in the intersection between disciplines. Specialized organizations produce incremental innovations. Radical innovations require a more open environment. The history of the development of Internet, covered in the book, is a good example.

A quick read, non academical.