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Innovations and evolution of technology, note I: Schumpeter and Usher on innovations

Posted on February 24, 2012 by J. M. Korhonen

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 →

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Theories of design – is design problem-solving?

Posted on April 29, 2011 by J. M. Korhonen

The field of design theory is separated to two warring camps. On the one side are people following Donald Schön’s (1983) “Reflective Practitioner;” an epistemology of practice based on a close examination of what different practicioners actually do. On the … Continue reading →

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(Descriptive) theories of change

Posted on April 27, 2011 by J. M. Korhonen

Van de Ven and Poole (1995) group the main theories of change to four groups: Life cycle Teleology Dialectics Evolution The most interesting of these is #4, evolution. Viewed correctly, it actually encompasses all the others. Other ways of describing … Continue reading →

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