When innovations meet institutions: Edison and the design of the electric light.

This paper considers the role of design, as the emergent arrangement of concrete details that embodies a new idea, in mediating between innovations and established institutional fields as entrepreneurs attempt to introduce change. Analysis of Thomas Edison's system of electric lighting offers insigh...

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Publicado en:Administrative Science Quarterly Vol. 46; no. 3; pp. 476 - 502
Autores principales: Hargadon, Andrew B., Douglas, Yellowlees
Formato: Artículo
Publicado: Administrative Science Quarterly September 2001
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