The Dark Side of Innovation
eBook - ePub

The Dark Side of Innovation

  1. 116 pages
  2. English
  3. ePUB (mobile friendly)
  4. Available on iOS & Android
eBook - ePub

The Dark Side of Innovation

About this book

This book is a reaction to popular assumptions that innovation is always a force for good. While the popular press and politicians often take the view that "the more innovation, the better", the chapters in this edited volume reflect on the harmful effects of innovation on society and the environment.

The book begins with a broad discussion of the dark side of innovation, followed by contributions by various experts in the area. It is a critical reply to the innovation optimists, complementing the list of indicators that show steady human progress with a list of indicators that show sustained deterioration (largely due to innovation). The volume outlines some relevant dimensions of harmful innovation, before distinguishing between the types of harm brought on by innovation.

The various contributed chapters focus on the following themes: a bibliometric analysis of the scientific literature on the harmful consequences of innovation; harmful side-effects from solar photovoltaic waste; harmful consequences of process innovations on working practices in areas such as accountancy; the difficulties of transferring innovations from research to practice in clinical healthcare; and the harmful consequences of social innovations.

The chapters in this book were originally published as a special issue of the journal Industry and Innovation.

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Yes, you can access The Dark Side of Innovation by Alex Coad, Paul Nightingale, Jack Stilgoe, Antonio Vezzani, Alex Coad,Paul Nightingale,Jack Stilgoe,Antonio Vezzani in PDF and/or ePUB format, as well as other popular books in Business & Business General. We have over one million books available in our catalogue for you to explore.

Information

Publisher
Routledge
Year
2022
eBook ISBN
9781000544916
Edition
1
Topic
Business
Subtopic
Business General
Index
Business

Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Half Title Page
  3. Title Page
  4. Copyright Page
  5. Table of Contents
  6. Citation Information
  7. Notes on Contributors
  8. 1 The Dark Side of Innovation
  9. 2 The noxious consequences of innovation: what do we know?
  10. 3 The dark side of the sun: solar e-waste and environmental upgrading in the off-grid solar PV value chain
  11. 4 The dark side of the industrialisation of accountancy: innovation, commoditization, colonization and competitiveness
  12. 5 Open Access: The grey zones of technological innovation: negative unintended consequences as a counterbalance to novelty
  13. 6 Exposing three dark sides of social innovation through critical perspectives on resilience
  14. Index