Technology Policy : Towards an Integration of Social and Ecological Concerns

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de Gruyter Studies in Organization ; 52

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Preface; Technology Policy in the Process of Change: Changing Paradigms in Research and Technology Policy?; 1 Introduction; 2 Traditional Motives for Public R&T Policy; 3 From Material Technology to Technological Practice; 4 The Crisis of Growth-oriented R&T Policy; 5 The Role of Technology Policy: Support or Regulation?; 6 R&T Policy as a Social Experiment; 7 Conclusion; References; From Socio-economic to Socially Oriented Innovation Policy; 1 Introduction; 2 Socio-economic Innovation Policy; 2.1 Conventional Wisdom; 2.2 Institutional Implementation; 2.3 Socially Oriented Technology Policy

3 The Dualistic Model of Technology Policy4 Socially Oriented Innovation Policy; 4.1 The Limitations of Socio-economic Innovation Policies; 4.2 The Nature of Socially Oriented Innovation Policies; 4.3 Neo-Taylorist and Skill-Based Manufacturing Trajectories; 5 Socially Oriented Innovation Policy Institutions; 5.1 Technology Transfer and Diffusion Mechanisms; 5.2 Management and the Development of Human Capital Incentives; 5.3 Workers Representatives and Concrete Codetermination Support; 5.4 Nationally Based Skill Formation Restructuring

6 European Promotion of Human Centred or Anthropocentric Systems6.1 European Projects and Programmes; 6.2 The Socio-technical Trajectory Defined; 6.3 Key Issues of Human Centred System Promotion; 6.3.1 Direct Promotion; 6.3.2 Technology Orientation; 6.3.3 Social Orientation; 7 Conclusion; Notes; References; Technology Policy: The Interaction between Governments and Markets; 1 Introduction; 2 Some Characteristics of Technological Change and Technology Policy; 3 How Technology Policy is Formulated and Implemented in Practice; 3.1 The Usefulness of Theory as a Basis for Technology Policy

3.2 Imitation - A Common Mode of Technology Policy-making3.3 Lobbying as a Mechanism behind Technology Policy; 3.4 ""Diagnostic Analyses"" - an Alternative Basis for Technology Policy-making; 4 Objectives of Technology Policy; 5 Reasons for State Intervention in the Process of Technological Change; 6 Instruments of Technology Policy; Notes; References; Promote or Regulate: The Dilemma of Innovation Policy; 1 Introduction; 2 Technology Policy and Technological Innovation; 2.1 The Scope of Technology Policy; 2.2 Definition of Technological Innovation

2.3 The Role of Technological Innovation in the Economy3 The Perceived Need for Innovation Policy; 3.1 Reduction of Risk for Private Enterprise; 3.2 Public Requirements for New Technologies; 3.3 Directing Private Innovation toward Public Needs; 4 Ways of Promoting Innovation; 4.1 A Taxonomy of Possible Support Measures; 4.2 Research and Development; 4.3 Direct Support for Innovation; 4.4 Procurement; 5 Need for Regulation; 5.1 Adequacy and Compatibility of Products; 5.2 Safety and Health; 5.3 Environmental Protection; 6 Modes of Regulation; 7 Summary and Conclusions; References

New Technology Policy Concepts: Some Reflections on Technology and Work Humanization in West Germany

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10.1515/9783110846256 [DOI]

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