MANAGING TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENT by Hakan Hakansson, Alexandra Waluszewski ( 9780415285728 )

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Title:

MANAGING TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENT
IKEA, THE ENVIRONMENT AND TECHNOLOGY

By:

Hakan Hakansson, Alexandra Waluszewski

Format:

Hardback

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ISBN 10:

0415285720

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9780415285728

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Publisher:

TAYLOR & FRANCIS LTD

Pub. date:

22 August, 2002

Series:

Routledge Advances in Management and Business Studies 25

Pages:

288

Description:

Focusing on the interactive aspects of commercial and technological development, the authors analyse how new solutions are developed in relation to different companies and organizations.

Synopsis:

In this book, the story of how IKEA and its paper producers struggled to solve the problem of creating environmentally friendly paper constitutes the foundation of a discussion of technological development. Through a detailed analysis of the case-study, the authors demonstrate the necessity of including social, technological and economical factors when dealing with such issues. Focusing on the interactive aspects of commercial and technological development, they examine how new solutions are developed and shaped in relation to the different companies and organizations involved. They investigate resources in terms of how they are related and built into other resources through historical and contemporary interaction processes. Their overall emphasis is on dealing with the issue of how different, closely and distantly related companies and organizations are affected when resources are developed.

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5 black & white tables

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Routledge

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