Processes of socio-technical change that are triggered by new technological opportunities do not occur as radical fractures over short periods of time, subsequently leading to new periods of technological, institutional and organizational continuity. What appears - after ten, twenty, or thirty...

Since the late 1990s, the music industry has been undergoing a period of significant and crisis-ridden changes. This period was launched and driven forward by a new set of technologies:digitalization, data compression and the Internet. This paper analyzes the repercussions of this new...

Since the late 1990s, the music business has been experiencing a period of crisis. A new set of technologies digitization, data compression and the Internet - has forced significant changes on the industry. This paper analyzes the repercussions of this new technological constellation on the...

1. The transformative capacity of new technologies: an introduction -- 2. Technology and sectors -- 3. Types of innovation and sociotechnical transformation -- 4. New technologies and their transformative capacity -- 5. New technologies and sectoral adaptability -- 6. New technologies and...