Innovation Junctions: Office Technologies in the Netherlands, 1880-1980

De Wit et al analyze the collocation of technologies and the resultant patterns of development created in a specific site: the office in the Netherlands during the period 1880-1980. For this purpose, they advance the concept of the "innovation junction," which is defined as a space in whic...

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Published in:Technology and culture 2002-01, Vol.43 (1), p.50-72
Main Authors: de Wit, Onno, van den Ende, Jan, Schot, Johan, van Oost, Ellen
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Business innovation
Collocation
Computer technology
Data processing
Geographic location
Historical analysis
History
History of technology
Innovation
Innovations
Keypunch cards
Machinery
Netherlands
Office automation
Office management
Offices
Space
Technological innovation
Technology
Typewriters
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Summary:De Wit et al analyze the collocation of technologies and the resultant patterns of development created in a specific site: the office in the Netherlands during the period 1880-1980. For this purpose, they advance the concept of the "innovation junction," which is defined as a space in which different sets of heterogeneous technologies are mobilized in support of social and economic activities and in which, as a result of their collocation, interactions and exchanges among these technologies occur.
ISSN:0040-165X
1097-3729
DOI:10.1353/tech.2002.0012