Bücher der Reihe Routledge Studies in Technology, Work and Organizations

Analyses how technologies are emerging against a background of continuing globalization of research and development activities. This book also explores how technological communities and networks shape a range of computer based technologies in regional, national and international contexts.

The book goes behind the innovation frenzy characterizing society today. It brings attention to the commercial waste, policy ineffectiveness and human suffering caused by the way corporations have executed and policy makers have regulated innovation. It emphasizes the unexploited opportunities of approaches that consider also long term and undesirable consequences of innovation.

Drawing on the experiences of individuals, households and businesses, this book offers an international view on being rural as information and communication technologies are applied more widely and allow people to be connected across geographies.

Reports on organizational forms, knowledge management and organizational learning and the management of innovation in project-based settings.

Bringing together studies of everyday local practices in workplaces within an information society, this book has a special focus on social space and the agency of actors. It includes both theoretical reviews and qualitative research.

The book goes behind the innovation frenzy characterizing society today. It brings attention to the commercial waste, policy ineffectiveness and human suffering caused by the way corporations have executed and policy makers have regulated innovation. It emphasizes the unexploited opportunities of approaches that consider also long term and undesirable consequences of innovation.