Chapter 2 Economics and market adoption

Chapter 2Economics and market adoption

Figure 2.1The role of the state in innovation

Figure 2.2Kondratieff waves of growth and their main features

Table 2.1Characteristics of the five waves of growthNote: EFTA, European Free Trade Association; JIT, just-in-time; TNC, transnational corporation. Source:Reproduced and adapted from P. Dicken (1998) Global Shift: Transforming the World Economy, Paul Chapman, London (a Sage Publications company); C. Freeman and L. Soete (1997) The Economics of Industrial Innovation, 3rd edn, Pinter, London (Cengage Learning Services Ltd).

Figure 2.3The EU showing five performance groups, ranging from the highest to lowest overall performers

Table 2.2 Four different groups

Figure 2.4Three critical dimensions of change-of-technology intensive products

Figure 2.5Penetration of consumer electronics, 1978 – 2004

Figure 2.6 S-curve of cumulative adopters

Figure 2.7Adopter categorisation on the basis of innovativeness Source:Adapted from Moore, G.A. (1991) Crossing the Chasm, Harper Business.

Table 2.3 Paradoxes of technological products Source:Adapted from Mick and Fournier (1998).

Table 2.4 Busiest container ports

Table 2.5Specifications of the three most common types of container

Table 2.6 Biggest shipping container companies

Chapter 2 Economics and market adoption