Netorks of Innovation Change and Meaning in the Age of the Internet [Paperback]

Integrating concepts from multiple theoretical disciplines and detailed analyses of the evolution of Internet-related innovations (including computer networking, the World Wide Web and the Linux open source operating system), this book develops foundations for a new theoretical and practical understanding of innovation. It covers topics ranging from fashion to history of art, and includes the most detailed analysis of the open source development model so far published.

List of Figures
List of Tables
1. Introduction
2. Innovation as Multifocal Development of Social Practice
3. Inventing the Web
4. The Making of the Internet
5. Analysis of the Early Phase of Internet Development
6. Socio-Cognitive Spaces of Innovation and Meaning Creation
7. Breaking through a Technological Frame
8. Combination and Specialization in the Evolution of the Internet
9. Retrospection and Attribution in the History of Arpanet and the Internet
10. Learning from Linux
11. Concluding Remarks
References
Name Index
Subject Index