1st Edition

Technological Change and Industrial Transformation

Edited By Vicky Xiaoyan Long, Magnus Holmén Copyright 2022
264 Pages 26 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

264 Pages 26 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

264 Pages 26 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

Industrial transformation is a research and teaching field with a focus on the phenomenon and mechanisms of industrial development and renewal. It concerns changes in economic activities caused by innovation, competition and collaboration, and has a rich heritage of evolutionary economics, institutional economics, industrial dynamics, technology history and innovation studies. It borrows concepts... Read more

1 Why this book?

Vicky Long and Magnus Holmén

2 What do we know about industrial transformation?

Vicky Long and Magnus Holmén

3 How digital platforms transform industries

Kent Thorén

4 Digital transformation of the home help service sector through welfare technology

Peter Markowski

5 Doing more by knowing less: The evolution of the division of innovative labour in software creation

Magnus Holmén and Rögnvaldur Saemundsson

6 Rags to riches: Digitalization and the transformation of the Icelandic film industry

Örn D. Jónsson, Steinunn Arnardóttir and Rögnvaldur J. Saemundsson

7 What prevents machine learning from transforming industries?

Vicky Long and Jonas Grafström

8 "Own it" or "share it": Transformations of regulatory and community norms in the Swedish housing market

Rasmus Nykvist, Andrea Geissinger and Klas A.M. Eriksson

9 Industrial transformation in the Anthropocene

Staffan Laestadius

10 Is the oil and natural gas industry transforming?: Evidence from the offshore Arctic

Maria Morgunova

11 The industrial transformation of the Swedish heat pump sector

Petter Johansson

12 Conclusions

Magnus Holmén and Vicky Long

Biography

Vicky Long is an Assistant Professor at the Centre for Innovation, Entrepreneurship and Learning (CIEL) research, Halmstad University, Sweden, and an Associated Researcher at the Ratio Institute. Her current research centres on the digital transformation of Intellectual Property Rights-related appropriability regimes.

Magnus Holmén is a Professor in Innovation Sciences at Halmstad University, Sweden, where he is the Research Director of the Centre for Innovation, Entrepreneurship and Learning (CIEL) research. His current research interests include innovation processes, business model innovation, industrial transformation and digitalization.