Sociology 2106A/B Study Guide - Midterm Guide: Industrial Sociology, Joseph Schumpeter, Technology Transfer
11 Mar 2019
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3: video, no boundary to music: everyone loves music, the ability to have entire music library in your hand (didn"t have this before the ipod) Stages of design, and development of technology: development of a technology. In this phase, the technology is invented and developed: most uncertainty, the technology slowly takes shape with inventors and entrepreneurs working on creating a prototype of demonstrating its utility, people who invest, take high-risks, technology transfer. Innovations are transmitted from one geographic are or social group to others. In this phase, agents of change play a central role in aiding in the transfer of technological know-how. System growth: central to the examination system growth is an understanding of reverse salient or salience, ex. Basic components of a cellphone: camera, microphone, software, hard drive, processor, reverse salient =components that don"t grow and improve at the same rate, ex.
