The Dark Side of Innovation (eBook, ePUB)

Redaktion: Coad, Alex; Vezzani, Antonio; Stilgoe, Jack; Nightingale, Paul

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

This book is a reaction to popular assumptions that innovation is always a force for good. While the popular press takes 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.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 124
• Erscheinungstermin: 23. Februar 2022
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781000544916
• Artikelnr.: 63034205

Autorenporträt

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.

Inhaltsangabe

1. The dark side of innovation 2. The noxious consequences of innovation: what do we know? 3. The dark side of the sun: solar e-waste and environmental upgrading in the off-grid solar PV value chain 4. The dark side of the industrialisation of accountancy: innovation, commoditization, colonization and competitiveness 5. The grey zones of technological innovation: negative unintended consequences as a counterbalance to novelty 6. Exposing three dark sides of social innovation through critical perspectives on resilience