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DOI | 10.1016/j.ecolecon.2017.08.023 |
Overcoming Scarcities Through Innovation: What Do Technologists Do When Faced With Constraints? | |
Korhonen, Janne M.1,2 | |
2018-03-01 | |
发表期刊 | ECOLOGICAL ECONOMICS
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ISSN | 0921-8009 |
EISSN | 1873-6106 |
出版年 | 2018 |
卷号 | 145页码:115-125 |
文章类型 | Article |
语种 | 英语 |
国家 | Finland |
英文摘要 | The question that still divides many debates about sustainability is the possibility of technological substitution of scarce natural resources. While there is considerable debate among economists whether technology can mitigate scarcities through development of substitutes, there is little actual research on the mechanisms and limitations of this substitution process. In this study, I seek to build a bridge between scarcity and innovation literatures to study when technologists decide to develop technological substitutes. My starting point is the theory of technology as a recombination of existing mental and physical components. Combining this theory with modern scarcity literature that differentiates between absolute, relative, and quasi-scarcities yields a more nuanced framework for understanding both different types of scarcities, and how technologists decide whether or not to develop or adopt technological substitutes. This improves our understanding of the possibilities and limitations of scarcity-induced innovation. I then illustrate the use of this framework with two brief historical case studies about constraint-induced innovation. I conclude that the mainstream economic practice of assuming that substitution will occur automatically, even in cases of absolute scarcity, may hide extremely important phenomena from discussion and debate behind a veil of circular reasoning. |
英文关键词 | Absolute and relative scarcity Constraints Porter hypothesis Innovation Copper Jet engines |
领域 | 资源环境 |
收录类别 | SCI-E ; SSCI |
WOS记录号 | WOS:000424316700011 |
WOS关键词 | RESOURCE CONSTRAINTS ; FINANCIAL CONSTRAINTS ; POLICY INSTRUMENTS ; PRODUCT INNOVATION ; SEARCH ; ECONOMICS ; ENVIRONMENT ; HYPOTHESIS ; OUTOKUMPU ; INGENUITY |
WOS类目 | Ecology ; Economics ; Environmental Sciences ; Environmental Studies |
WOS研究方向 | Environmental Sciences & Ecology ; Business & Economics |
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文献类型 | 期刊论文 |
条目标识符 | http://119.78.100.173/C666/handle/2XK7JSWQ/15856 |
专题 | 资源环境科学 |
作者单位 | 1.Aalto Univ, Sch Business, Helsinki, Finland; 2.Aalto Univ, Sch Business, Dept Management Studies Int Business, POB 21210, FI-00076 Helsinki, Finland |
推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714 | Korhonen, Janne M.. Overcoming Scarcities Through Innovation: What Do Technologists Do When Faced With Constraints?[J]. ECOLOGICAL ECONOMICS,2018,145:115-125. |
APA | Korhonen, Janne M..(2018).Overcoming Scarcities Through Innovation: What Do Technologists Do When Faced With Constraints?.ECOLOGICAL ECONOMICS,145,115-125. |
MLA | Korhonen, Janne M.."Overcoming Scarcities Through Innovation: What Do Technologists Do When Faced With Constraints?".ECOLOGICAL ECONOMICS 145(2018):115-125. |
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