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Lead Markets in Age-Based Innovations
Nils Levsen focuses on the international diffusion of product and service innovations for elderly users. In particular, the existence and location of lead markets is being investigated. Lead markets are characterized by their early adoption of innovations and their influence on design choice in a subsequent international diffusion process. Finally, two boundary conditions to the applicability of lead market theory are being identified and described.
The Handbook of Science and Technology Studies, fourth edition
The fourth edition of an authoritative overview, with all new chapters that capture the state of the art in a rapidly growing field. Science and Technology Studies (STS) is a flourishing interdisciplinary field that examines the transformative power of science and technology to arrange and rearrange contemporary societies. The Handbook of Science and Technology Studies provides a comprehensive and authoritative overview of the field, reviewing current research and major theoretical and methodological approaches in a way that is accessible to both new and established scholars from a range of disciplines. This new edition, sponsored by the Society for Social Studies of Science, is the fourth i...
User Innovators in the Silver Market
In this study among camping tourists of all age groups between 19 and 86 years of age, Konstantin Wellner compares key characteristics regarding innovative behavior of different age groups. The focus of the analysis is on the so-called “Silver Market” segment (consumers of at least 55 years) which gains importance to the demographic shift. Generally, older users are still actively innovating, especially if it relates to age-specific improvements (e.g., comfort and compatibility to other equipment). Analysis by a Structural Equation Model showed that the most important determinant of innovative behavior for older users is technical expertise and that being relatively ahead of trends increases their dissatisfaction with existing products. Additional evidence was found that user with high use experience suffer from functional fixedness.
Universal Design 2016: Learning from the Past, Designing for the Future
Universal Design is the term used to describe the design of products and environments which can be used by all people, to the greatest extent possible, without the need for adaptation or specialized design. It is not a euphemism for ‘designs for people with a disability’, but really is about designing to include all people, regardless of their age, ability, cultural background or status in life. However it remains the case that many designers and developers fail to understand the need for universal design and lack the skills needed to implement it. This book presents papers from the 3rd International Conference on Universal Design (UD 2016), held in York, UK, in August 2016. The theme of...
Economics and Ageing
This upper level textbook provides a coherent introduction to the economic implications of individual and population ageing. Placing economic considerations into a wider social sciences context, this is ideal reading not only for advanced undergraduate and masters students in health economics and economics of ageing, but policy makers, professionals and practitioners in gerontology, sociology, health-related sciences, and social care. This volume introduces topics in labour economics, including the economic implications of ageing workforces. It covers pension economics and pension systems with their macroeconomic and distributive effects, and the question of risk. Finally, it describes macroeconomic consequences of ageing populations on aggregate saving, inflation, international trade, and financial markets.
지구를 구할 여자들
정희진 · 임소연 · 하미나 추천 “설득당하지 않을 도리가 없는 매력적인 책이다!” 여행 가방에 바퀴를 다는 데 왜 5000년이나 걸렸을까? 전기차가 이미 100년 전에 유행했다고? AI는 왜 체스는 이기면서 청소는 못할까? 나사는 어쩌다 우주복을 여성용 속옷 재단사에게 맡기게 되었을까? 이 질문들에 대한 답은 여성성과 남성성에 대한 우리의 뿌리 깊은 고정관념과 관련되어 있다. 《잠깐 애덤 스미스 씨, 저녁은 누가 차려줬어요?》를 통해 주류 경제학이 지워 버린 여성의 자리에 주목했던 카트리네 마르살은 신간을 통해 기술 ...
De moeder van de vooruitgang
Katrine Kielos-Marçal schrijft slim en grappig over economie, geld en vrouwen. – Margaret Atwood In De moeder van de vooruitgang laat Katrine Kielos-Marçal zien dat de achterstelling van vrouwen niet alleen henzelf betreft, maar iedereen. Ze laat zien hoe belangrijke technologische innovaties als de elektrische auto en de rolkoffer decennialang niet verder zijn ontwikkeld omdat ze als te vrouwelijk werden gezien. De wereld zou er heel anders uitgezien hebben als we het vrouwelijke eerder al net zo universeel als het mannelijke hadden gezien. Tegelijkertijd ligt hier ook de hoop van de mensheid: 50 procent van ons potentieel is nagenoeg onbenut.
Die Mutter der Erfindung
Warum kam man erst im späten 20. Jahrhundert auf die Idee, Räder unter Reisekoffer zu montieren – obwohl es das Rad schon seit fünftausend Jahren gibt? Wären wir womöglich nie auf den Mond gelangt ohne das Wissen amerikanischer Näherinnen? Und wie sähe eigentlich eine Welt aus, in der Frauen genauso viel Gehör finden wie Männer? Die schwedische Bestsellerautorin Katrine Marçal zeigt mit viel Verve, was die Menschheit über die Jahrhunderte verloren (oder erst viel später erfunden) hat, weil eine Hälfte von ihr – die Frauen – nicht mitreden, mitbestimmen, miterfinden durfte. Und sie dreht die Perspektive um: Was wäre denn, wenn wir einmal nicht von der frühgeschichtlichen ...
La madre del ingenio
¿Por qué tardamos cinco milenios en añadir ruedas a una maleta? ¿Cómo nos llevaron los sujetadores a la luna? Y ¿cómo sería el mundo si escucháramos a las mujeres? La autora best seller Katrine Marçal nos muestra las sorprendentes formas en que nuestras ideas sobre el género, muy arraigadas, nos impiden avanzar. Todos los días se ignoran inventos extraordinarios e ideas innovadoras en un mundo que continúa al servicio de los hombres. Pero no tiene por qué ser así. Desde los orígenes de los tiempos, las mujeres han tenido un papel clave en la sociedad y han ofrecido soluciones ingeniosas para algunos de los problemas más irritantes. Recientemente, han sido ellas quienes han t...
