Technology-push, demand-pull and the shaping of technological paradigms - Patterns in the development of computing technology

Journal of Evolutionary Economics

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 83-99

  Van Den Ende, Jan ^a   Dolfsma, Wilfred ^a,b  

^a ERASMUS UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Demand pull; History of computing; Technological paradigms; Technology push

Indexed keywords

EID: 13244260900     PISSN: 09369937     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00191-004-0220-1     Document Type: Review

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