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Category Archives: Innovation
My professional opinion as a blockchain researcher: I don’t see the point (yet)
I’ve spent the last 15 months researching the implications and possibilities of blockchains and related “distributed trust technologies” from a business and societal point of view. Sadly, I have to say that I don’t quite get the hype, as much … Continue reading
Necessity is the mother of inventors: my PhD lecture
The following is the traditional Lectio praecursoria a doctoral candidate in Finland gives to the audience before his/her PhD defence. This one is mine, delivered on 12th December 2017. Esteemed custos, esteemed opponent, ladies and gentlemen! You all are probably … Continue reading
Posted in History of technology, Innovation, Scarcities and constraints
Tagged Essays, Innovation, PhD, Research
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100% renewables and 100% nuclear are both practically impossible
I’ve been following with interest how some nuclear power advocates are suggesting that building anything else than nuclear power is sidetracking us from the climate goals. These advocates claim that variable, non-dispatchable renewables will not be ultimately capable of delivering … Continue reading
On the relationship between regulation, technological change and competitiveness
Translation of my presentation in the 38th Ilmansuojelupäivät in Lappeenranta, Finland, 20.8.2013 If we deconstruct the topic of the panel, “is environmental protection a threat or an opportunity to a country’s competitiveness,” sooner or later we will end up considering … Continue reading
What the necessity mothers: energy shortage and the development of copper smelting furnaces, 1900-1980
An old adage tells us that necessity is the mother of invention. But if necessity were the prime mover of invention, why, then, there are so many really nifty technologies – say, antigravity – that would be obviously useful, yet … Continue reading
Posted in History of technology, Innovation, Scarcities and constraints
Tagged Copper, History of technology, PhD
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Simulating technological development: sneak peek!
As previously stated, we’re seeking to simulate the development, adoption, and modification – in short, the evolution – of technologies. Here’s a sneak peek of the sort of shiny output our computing clusters will soon be churning out. Hopefully :). … Continue reading
Posted in Innovation, Notes in process, Simulations
Tagged ADDER, evolution of technology, Innovation, Research, Simulations
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“How Radical is a Radical Innovation?” Kasmire, Korhonen and Nikolic (2012)
My very first journal publication! 🙂 Admittedly, it’s a conference proceedings published in a journal form and I’m just the second author, but still, it’s an indexed journal, so you’ll perhaps forgive me for celebrating. In any case, although the … Continue reading
ADDER: A proposal for an improved model for studying technological evolution
In this paper, me and Julia Kasmire from Delft University of Technology introduce an improved, simplified computer simulation model for studying technological evolution. The paper was presented by yours truly at the 26th European Conference on Modeling and Simulation in … Continue reading
Posted in Innovation, My publications, Simulations
Tagged ADDER, Brian Arthur, Coding, ECMS 2012, Kasmire J, Koen Frenken, NK models, Percolation models, Stuart Kauffman, Technological evolution
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Is there such a thing as radical innovation?
Recently, I came across a working paper by two very big names in design/innovation research – Donald A. Norman and Roberto Verganti. The paper was very interesting, not the least since the hill-climbing paradigm of innovation presented therein is almost … Continue reading
Innovations and evolution of technology, note I: Schumpeter and Usher on innovations
Some notes about what previous thinkers have said about innovations and the evolution of technology. We’ll begin by notes I made from Ruttan’s classic 1959 article, “Usher and Schumpeter on invention, innovation, and technological change.” As the title says, it’s … Continue reading
Posted in Innovation, Notes in process
Tagged Innovations, notes, Ruttan, Schumpeter, Technology evolution, Theory of Invention, Usher
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The unpublished notebooks of J. M. Korhonen 
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