The constructed evolution of technology: a constructivist-evolutionary approach to technological change and its empirical evidence
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| Beschreibung: | St. Gallen, Hochsch. für Wirtschafts-, Rechts- und Sozialwiss., Diss., 1994 |
| Beschreibung: | VII, 241 S. Ill., graph. Darst. |
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List of Abbreviations
ListofFigures
I. Preliminary Remarks
1. Research Agenda and Approach
2. ScaleandScopeoftheStudy
3. Organization of the Study
n. AGenealogyof Technology in Economic Literature ^
1 Neo Classical Economic Theory
1.1. The Neo Classical Theory of Production Microeconomics 10
1.2. Critique
1.3. Robert Solowand the Cobb Douglas Production Function ^
Macroeconomics
1.4. Critique .„
1.5. Neo Classical Theory Concluding Remarks °
2. Marxism 23
2.1. Karl Marx 2g
2.2. Critique 29
2.3. Neo Marxism 3J
2.4. Critique 33
3. Evolutionary Modeling 33
3.1. Joseph Schumpeter ^
3.2. Critique 39
3.3. Nelson and Winter 4Q
3.3.1. Routines 42
3.3.2. Evolution, Selection, and Variation
3 3.3. Innovation and Technological Change
3.3.3.1. Individual R D Activity on the Firm Level ^
3 3 3 2 Cumulative Technological Change
3.3.4. Critique The Needfor an Integration ofaSocial ^
Constructivist Perspective
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m. Excursus A Short History of Social Constructivism 55
1. Berger and Luckmann 56
2. Knorr Cetina 58
3. Latour and Woolgar 59
4. Pinch, Hughes and Bijker Social Construction of Technology 64
5. Critique The Need for an Integrated Approach 67
IV. A Constructivist Evolutionary Approach to Technological Development 74
1. Actors: Reactive versus Constructive 75
2. The Selection Process Deconstructed 77
3. Relevant Actors and Relevant Network 79
4. Interests, Power, and Network Structure 82
5. Market versus Network 84
6. Optimal Choices versus Acceptable Constructions 91
7. Profit: Orientation versus Maximization 93
8. Technological Dynamics: Intrinsic Imperatives versus Social Shaping 93
9. Perception Shaping and Time Lags 95
lO.Summary 96
V. The Case of Telecommunications Switching Technology 99
1. Telecommunications Technology 101
1.1. S ignals and their Processing 102
1.1.1. Analog Signals 102
1.1.2. Digital Signals 103
1.1.3. Pulse Code Modulation Transformation of Analog into
Digital Signals 103
1.2. Transmission Digital versus Analog 105
1.2.1. Multiplexing The Optimal Use of Channel Capacity for
Transmission 106
1.2.2. Analog Transmission Frequency Division Multiplexing 106
1.2.3. Digital Transmission Time Division Multiplexing 107
1.3. Network Switching The Basic Principles 108
1.3.1. Circuit S witched Exchanges 109
1.3.2. Switch Functions 110
1.3.3. Circuit and Packet Switching 112
1.3.4. Switching Hierarchy the Case of the United States
Telecommunications Network 113
1.4. Switching Technology The Basic Principles 115
1.4.1. Switch Control 115
1.4.2. Switch Matrix 116
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1.5. Switch Hardware Types and their Development 116
1.5.1. Strowger or Step by Step switching 117
1.5.2. Crossbar Switching 119
1.5.3. Reed relay switching 120
1.5.4. Electronic Switching 121
1.5.5. Digital switching 123
1.5.6. Inter Exchange and International Signaling 127
1.6. Performance Indicators for Exchanges 128
1.6.1. Flexibility 128
1.6.2. Hardware 128
1.6.3. Software 129
1.6.4. Architecture 129
1.6.5. Systems Integration 129
1.6.6. Reliability 130
1.6.7. Support 130
1.6.8. Features 131
1.6.9. Price 131
1.7. Concluding Remarks 132
2. United States 133
2.1. The BeginningsofTelecommunications (1830s 1934) 135
2.2. 1934 Communications Act and Federal
Communications Commission 139
2.3. Post World War II Developments in the
Telecommunications Field 141
2.3.1. The Impactof Computer Technology 141
2.3.2. Terminal Equipment 143
2.3.3. Private Lines The TELPAK Controversy 145
2.3.4. Specialized Common Carriers 148
2.3.5. Value Added Networks Resale Carriers 153
2.3.6. Domestic Satellite Services 154
2.4. Switching Technology 155
2.4.1. Thel950 s 156
2.4.2. Thel960 s 157
2.4.3. Thel970 s 160
2.5. Summary 163
3. Germany 169
3.1. The Emergence of the Telecommunications System
(1830s 1945) 169
3.2. The Deutsche Bundespost 174
3.2.1. Historie and Legal Foundations 174
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3.2.2. Scale and Scope of Activities 177
3.2.3. DepreciationofFacilities 180
3.2.4. The Principle of Uniform Technology and the FTZ 180
3.2.5. Procurement Practices and the Telecommunications Industry 182
3.3. Central Exchanges: Procurement and Technological
Development 184
3.3.1. A New Beginning After World Warn 185
3.3.2. TheEMD 186
3.3.3. The Public Discussion about New Media and New
Technologies 191
3.3.4. EWS and EWSD 194
3.4. Summary 203
Vl.Conclusions 208
References 223
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