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1st Edition

The Dark Side of Innovation

Edited By Alex Coad, Paul Nightingale, Jack Stilgoe, Antonio Vezzani Copyright 2022
124 Pages
by Routledge

124 Pages
by Routledge

124 Pages
by Routledge
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This book is a reaction to popular assumptions that innovation is always a force for good. While the popular press and politicians often take the view that "the more innovation, the better", the chapters in this edited volume reflect on the harmful effects of innovation on society and the environment. The book begins with a broad discussion of the dark side of innovation, followed by... Read more

1. The dark side of innovation 

Alex Coad, Paul Nightingale, Jack Stilgoe and Antonio Vezzani 

2. The noxious consequences of innovation: what do we know? 

Gianluca Biggi and Elisa Giuliani 

3. The dark side of the sun: solar e-waste and environmental upgrading in the off-grid solar PV value chain 

Ulrich Elmer Hansen, Ivan Nygaard and Mirko Dal Maso 

4. The dark side of the industrialisation of accountancy: innovation, commoditization, colonization and competitiveness 

Emma C. Gardner and John R. Bryson 

5. The grey zones of technological innovation: negative unintended consequences as a counterbalance to novelty 

Maureen McKelvey and Rögnvaldur J. Saemundsson 

6. Exposing three dark sides of social innovation through critical perspectives on resilience 

Martin Fougère and Eija Meriläinen 

Biography

Alex Coad is Professor at Waseda Business School (Tokyo, Japan) and is an editor of the journals Research Policy and Small Business Economics.

Paul Nightingale is Professor at SPRU at the University of Sussex, UK, and is an editor of the journal Research Policy.

Jack Stilgoe is Associate Professor in Science and Technology Studies at University College London, UK, where he researches the governance of emerging technologies.

Antonio Vezzani is Associate Professor at the Department of Economics at Roma Tre University (Italy), having previously served as an economist at the European Commission.

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