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2008-04-16T08:59:01Z
urn:hdl:10261/3608
Selecting technological paradigms beyond push-pull dynamics. The artificial disc case
Barberá Tomás, David
Reyes López, Ernesto de los
Technological paradigm
Focussing device
Selection dinamics
Technology push
Giovanni Dosi´s technological paradigm theory was developed in part to correct the then dominant practise to focus on either "demand pull" when explaining technical change. In Doi´s view, demand can act as a "focusing device" for the supply side to select among the available technological paradigms for development. In this article, we study a specific case, the technological evolution of a surgical implant (an artificial disc in the spinal column), to analyse this selection dynamics. We conclude Dosi´s theory can be extended by adding some technological signals
interacting with demand forces in this pre-market selection process, which help to explain the historical supply side choices in the evolution of the artificial disc.
2008-04-16T08:59:01Z
2008-04-16T08:59:01Z
2008
documento de trabajo
http://hdl.handle.net/10261/3608
eng
Working Papers Series
2008-1
openAccess