Communities of Practice and Vintage Innovation A Strategic Reaction to Technological Change /

• Main Author: Schiavone, Francesco (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2014.
• Series: SpringerBriefs in Business,
• Subjects: Business.; Marketing.; Management.; Industrial management.; Economic policy.; Economic sociology.; Business and Management.; Innovation/Technology Management.; R & D/Technology Policy.; Organizational Studies, Economic Sociology.

This book focuses on the notion of “vintage innovation” and its application in various old technology-based communities of practice. Some communities of practice resist and react to technological change by adopting new technological products (“vintage products”) that extend the lifetime of their old...