Sökning: "Technological Lock-in"
Visar resultat 1 - 5 av 13 avhandlingar innehållade orden Technological Lock-in.
1. Lock-in as make-believe – Exploring the role of myth in the lock-in of high mobility systems
Sammanfattning : All human practices are, ultimately, set and defined by limits; be they social, economic, physical, or environmental. Yet even in the face of such realities, practices which transgress the confines of possibility remain remarkably obdurate. This thesis addresses the issue of one such practice, i.e. LÄS MER
2. Explorations in the New Economic Geography
Sammanfattning : The point of departure of this thesis is the rapidly growing research field known as the New Economic Geography (NEG). It consists of four chapters, one introductory chapter and three self-contained theoretical studies. The chapters may be summarised as follows. The first chapter gives a brief account of the NEG. LÄS MER
3. Material Constraints on Technology Evolution: The Case of Scarce Metals and Emerging Energy Technologies
Sammanfattning : A radical transformation of the energy system in the 21st century will require a large-scale diffusion of a range of new energy technologies. Thin-film solar photovoltaics (PV) and battery-electric vehicles have been suggested as possible major components of a more sustainable energy system. LÄS MER
4. Diffusion Dynamics and the Pricing of Innovations
Sammanfattning : This doctoral thesis deals with two closely interconnected phenomena, the adoption and diffusion of innovations. The research aims at developing both the theory of individual adoption decisions and the theory of the diffusion of an innovation in society. LÄS MER
5. Breaking the chains : A technological and industrial transformation beyond papermaking: Technology management of incumbents
Sammanfattning : In recent years, the necessity and opportunity for transforming pulp and paper mills into integrative units for large-scale output of biochemicals, biomaterials, and biofuels have come up in discussions of industrial renewal in the Northern hemisphere (mainly in Canada, Sweden and Finland). This transformation is related to technology shifts as well as changing business models based on new bioproducts due to profoundly new market conditions. LÄS MER