ON THE IDENTITY OF TECHNOLOGICAL OBJECTS AND USER INNOVATIONS IN FUNCTION

• 成果类型: Article
• 署名作者: Faulkner, Philip; Runde, Jochen
• 署名单位: University of Cambridge; University of Cambridge; University of Cambridge; University of Cambridge
• 刊物名称: ACADEMY OF MANAGEMENT REVIEW
• ISSN/ISSBN: 0363-7425
• DOI: 10.5465/AMR.2009.40632318
• 发表日期: 2009
• 页码: 442-462
• 关键词: ORGANIZATIONAL ROUTINES; SOCIAL CONSTRUCTION; FIXEDNESS; artifacts

摘要

Recent research on user innovation has concentrated on changes in the physical form of the objects concerned to the neglect of changes in their intended use or function. In this paper we advance a theory of the technical identity of a technological object that gives due weight to both its form and its function, and we use this theory to categorize different forms of technological change and to unpack some neglected aspects of user-driven innovations in function.