case. Computers used to be specialized, doing only narrow sets of calculations. Their rise as a 'general purpose technology …It is a triumph of technology and of economics that our computer chips are so universal. Countless applications are … fall. This paper outlines the forces already starting to fragment this general purpose technology …

This paper examines how product market competition affects firms' timing of adopting a new technology as well as …. When goods are differentiated enough, adoption occurs later than it is socially optimal. -- technology adoption …

Evolution of technology is a stepwise advancement of a complex system of artifact, driven by interaction with sub … society. This study explains evolution of technology with two different approaches: theories based on processes of competitive … substitution of a new technology for the old one and theories considering a multi-mode interaction between technologies, such as …

The fundamental problem in the field of technology studies is how technology evolves and sustains economic change in … technology in human societies. Technological host-parasites coevolution is a mutual symbiotic relationship between a host … technology and associated technologies directed to satisfy needs and/or to solve problems of human beings. To explore the …

model, but it differs in that it brings into the analysis of UI technical knowledge production and transfer the role of … sharing under uncertainty benefits all entities involved in the technical knowledge production and transfer process, even if …

destructive technology as a radical innovation, based on new products and/or processes, which with high technical and/or economic … by Fisher and Pry, predator-prey relation by Farrell and killer technology by Coccia. These approaches are in many ways …