Limits to creative destruction and technologies in practice: the case of ham radio |
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Authors: | Francesco Schiavone Salvatore Esposito De Falco |
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Affiliation: | 1. Department of Management and Quantitative Studies, University Parthenope, Naples, Italy;2. Department of Strategy and Management, Paris School of Business, Paris, France;3. Department of Management, University Sapienza, Rome, Italy |
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Abstract: | Drawing on the structurationist notion of ‘technologies-in-practice’, this article analyses the different types of technological actions that users perform, after technological change, in order to keep a declining technology alive over time. The research question of the article is: How do technologies-in-practice based on the application of new technology hamper the creative destruction of old technology? The case study of ham radio technology and amateur radio operators is explored. The results of the investigation support the development of a technology-in-practice ‘experimentation’ and four inductive research propositions. |
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Keywords: | Creative destruction technological change technologies-in-practice two-way wireless voice transmission |
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